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Minister joins push for international Qantas services from Adelaide

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December 2, 2024
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Speaking to Adelaide’s FiveAA radio, Transport Minister Catherine King agreed that Qantas “should do better” in the city, which currently hosts nine other international carriers, and indicated she would be willing to press the Flying Kangaroo to bring …

Inaugural Turkish Airlines service connects Sydney to Istanbul

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December 2, 2024
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The maiden flight TK174 touched down at 6:18pm on Friday evening aboard the 777-300ER TC-LJK, having flown from Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur.

KC-30A tanker completes RAAF’s longest ever non-stop flight

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December 2, 2024
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The KC-30A originally took off from RAAF Base Amberley before travelling more than 23.3 hours, with two refuelling brackets supplied from a second RAAF KC-30A, to Jerez, Spain.

First Qantas A321XLR hits final assembly line

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December 2, 2024
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VH-OGA, “Great Ocean Road”, has seen its forward and rear fuselage, wings, and tail assembled among other major airframe components at Airbus’ facility in Hamburg, Germany. It is the first of 28 firm orders for the A321XLR, which will replace Qantas’ 7…

UK Government appoints new Transport Secretary after surprise resignation

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November 30, 2024
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The UK government has seen rapid change after the abrupt resignation of the transport secretary followed by her swift replacement with a former transport official from London.

Rail income growing slower than passenger numbers, report finds

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November 30, 2024
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released figures showing that train fare revenue rose more slowly that passenger journey numbers between April 2023 and March 2024, that government funding to the industry is falling, and that train operating compa…

Terminal transfers from Eurogate

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November 29, 2024
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German terminal operator Eurogate has rail and road options for ‘last mile’ forwarding – even if that last mile is all the way across Germany and beyond.

Turmoil in UK government as Transport Secretary resigns

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November 29, 2024
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The UK Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has resigned after The Times newspaper reported a historic criminal conviction.

Virgin approved to sell 28 Doha flights per week

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November 29, 2024
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The ACCC’s interim authorisation will allow the airlines to market and sell the flights between Doha and Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, with east coast flights to commence in June 2025 and Perth flights to follow in November.

RAAF deploys Poseidons to South China Sea in Operation Gateway

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November 29, 2024
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Operation Gateway, Australia’s longest running Defence operation, deploys a number of RAAF P-8A aircraft to Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth each year.