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Wheels up for Avalon’s first international flight in 6 years

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March 24, 2026
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The inaugural JQ49 service to Denpasar took off from Avalon at 6:30pm on 23 March aboard A321neo LR VH-OFS, with five flights to operate per week. It comes ahead of the return of direct Avalon-Adelaide services on Thursday, as well as an expansion of A…

Kyrgyzstan hopes to connect CKU line to broader rail network, Middle Corridor

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March 23, 2026
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Construction work on the future China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan line has been on the way for over a year. Recently, the Kyrgyz president revealed a timeline for its…

Signalling is not the only lever. Why operational innovation can’t wait for ERTMS

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March 23, 2026
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Decades of debate about signalling systems have framed rail’s capacity crisis as an infrastructure problem. But the internet taught us that the most transformative capacity…

Norway unveils plans for DAC commercial tests

Marco Raimondi
March 23, 2026
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Large-scale commercial tests for Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) will begin next year all across Europe. For Norway, trains operated by Onrail will be equipped with…

Disruptions ahead for rail to the port of Southampton

Simon Walton
March 23, 2026
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A major programme of Easter engineering works at Network Rail will put the spotlight back on Eastleigh, one of the UK’s most important but often…

Works underway on Auckland Airport’s check-in hall

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March 23, 2026
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A new temporary “Zone T” area will provide extra capacity during peak periods as ongoing construction proceeds to unify domestic and international flights in a single terminal, which will reduce available floor space in check-in areas.

Qantas reclaims on-time performance crown

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March 23, 2026
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The Flying Kangaroo saw 82 per cent of flights arrive on time and 83.9 per cent depart on time, compared to 79.7 per cent on-time arrivals and 81.6 per cent on-time departures for Virgin; however, only 1.4 per cent of VA services were cancelled, compar…

Avalon Airshow confirmed for February 2027

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March 23, 2026
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Scheduled for 23-28 February 2027, the event, run by the AMDA Foundation in collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force, attracted more than 900 companies last year, as well as 291 official delegations from 43 countries.

RAAF deploys to Arnhem Land for cyclone evacuations

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March 23, 2026
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The C-130J Hercules and C-27 Spartan transport aircraft were deployed to collect and transport more than 340 residents of indigenous communities affected by Category Three Tropical Cyclone Narelle in Eastern Arnhem Land over the weekend.

AirAsia enters crowded Melbourne-Bali market

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March 23, 2026
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The inaugural flight QZ410 arrived in Melbourne at 5:22am on Saturday morning aboard the A320-200 PK-AZV. AirAsia, which will fly daily between Melbourne and Denpasar, is the sixth airline on the route alongside Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia, Garud…