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Virgin Australia also ramps up NT flights

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February 5, 2025
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The airline will add almost 15,000 extra passenger seats to and from Darwin in the peak northern summer season from April to October this year, compared to the same period in 2024. The announcement comes as rival Qantas Group also pledges more services…

FlyPelican launches morning Newcastle–Gold Coast services

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February 5, 2025
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The regional airline will operate early-morning flights with its 19-seat Jetstream 32 turboprop aircraft four days per week, departing at 7am from Newcastle on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. While Jetstar operates a daily service, it only …

Qantas and Jetstar boost Darwin flights as Virgin scales back

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February 4, 2025
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The two airlines will between them increase available seats to and from the Top End to more than 2.3 million in 2025, with more flights between Darwin and Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, and Sydney. It comes as Virgin Australia axes its seasonal Darwin-A…

Key figure in Western Sydney Airport infrastructure quits

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February 4, 2025
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While WSI itself is a Commonwealth project with no involvement from the NSW Department of Transport, Jo Haylen as Minister has overseen transport links to the airport site including its metro, which is slated to open alongside the airport in late 2026.

WA regional fare subsidy to continue into 2026

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February 4, 2025
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The Regional Airfare Zone Cap (RAZC) scheme will receive another $4 million in funding, allowing it to continue into the middle of 2026, a move which follows a successful three-year pilot program.

Sikorsky tests new Black Hawk engines

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February 4, 2025
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The Lockheed Martin company expects the Black Hawk modernisation program involving the new GE Aerospace turbine engines to boost aircraft performance, combat capabilities and range. The Australian Defence Force has purchased 40 Black Hawks to replace i…

Link Airways suspends some Sydney routes in NSW reshuffle

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February 4, 2025
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The carrier will suspend services from Sydney to Inverell and Narrabri as of 1 March 2025, citing “reduced demand”, while ramping up flights to Armidale, Coffs Harbour, and Tamworth.

Sydney Airport hits new post-COVID record

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February 3, 2025
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Australia’s largest international gateway saw 11 million passengers in total across the three months to December 2024, up five per cent on the same period in 2023 but only 94.4 per cent of the fourth quarter of 2019.

Sydney Seaplanes to grow fleet under new ownership

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February 3, 2025
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The company, which currently operates two amphibious Cessna Caravans and a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, will add a second Beaver under the ownership of hotelier Dr Jerry Schwartz, with a fifth seaplane expected by the end of the year.

Airnorth to link Cairns with Alice Springs

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February 3, 2025
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The service, to be operated with 100-seat Embraer E190 aircraft, will fly three times per week return between the two destinations starting 14 April, and is estimated to add around 30,000 seats per year on the route.