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No mechanical fault in Talisman Sabre Taipan crash

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May 22, 2025
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A recently released Aviation Safety Investigation Report, finished by the Defence Flight Safety Bureau, investigated the details surrounding the incident which occurred during a night training activity at Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 near Lindeman Island.

Melbourne Airport joins record-breaking international travel boom

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May 22, 2025
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Both international and domestic figures rose year-on-year, with 1,026,386 international and 2,084,257 domestic passengers – up 16 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively – for a new April record of 3.11 million passengers. The news comes soon after Austr…

London Transport Museum launch Appeal to restore 1930s tube train seats

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May 22, 2025
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London Transport Museum launches funding appeal to restore the seats of its Q stock set

No monthly cancellations for VARA again

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May 21, 2025
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The result for April comes as the wider Virgin group beat the Qantas Group for on time arrivals, departures and cancellations.

Exclusive: We cut too much staff in 2020, says Air New Zealand CEO

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May 21, 2025
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Speaking exclusively to the Australian Aviation Podcast, Greg Foran, who will depart Air New Zealand in October, said that with the benefit of hindsight, one thing he would have done differently was to “burn more cash” rather than try to cut costs.

Qatar Airways posts $3.34bn profit before Virgin flights

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May 21, 2025
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Qatar announced last year it would purchase a stake in the Australian airline and, as part of the agreement, would ‘wet lease’ aircraft and crew to Virgin so it could fly 28 services a week to the Middle Eastern country’s capital.

Qantas and Jetstar rearrange Whitsunday routes

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May 21, 2025
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Starting in October, Qantas will end its Proserpine services and Jetstar its Hamilton Island services, with each airline to instead add more flights to their respective destinations: Jetstar will add up to nine Proserpine flights per week and QantasLin…

Professionals urged to submit for Australian Aviation Awards 2025

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May 21, 2025
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The fourth annual Australian Aviation Awards spotlights the top-performing aviation professionals and businesses across the nation, run in support of principal partner, UNSW Sydney.

Where’s Vanessa Hudson, asks TWU in court

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May 20, 2025
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As reported in The Australian, the union’s barrister, Noel Hutley SC, questioned Qantas’ move to have chief people officer Catherine Walsh front the court in Hudson’s place, given she joined Qantas in 2024 and was not involved in the illegal outsourcin…

Scoot to fly double daily from Sydney

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May 20, 2025
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The four additional weekly services, starting in October, are a response to high demand on the route and will operate using Scoot’s 375-seat 787-9 Dreamliners, comprising 35 “ScootPlus” seats and 340 economy seats.