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Tax-free years coming to an end for the major airlines

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October 2, 2025
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Qantas in the 2023-24 financial year exhausted its pandemic-related carry-over losses and paid $24 million in tax in the latter half of the year, while Virgin says it expects to begin paying income tax again in the 2026 financial year once its own carr…

Eurocopter pilot escapes burning helicopter after wirestrike

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October 2, 2025
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A Eurocopter AS 350 (registration unknown), which was conducting agricultural spraying operations near Holbrook, NSW, on 3 September, hit a wire with its skids and lost control, crashing into the ground and catching fire; despite this, the pilot was ab…

Boeing rumoured to have 737 MAX replacement in the pipeline

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October 2, 2025
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According to reports this week in the Wall Street Journal, the planemaker’s CEO Kelly Ortberg met with Rolls-Royce officials in the UK earlier this year to discuss engine options for the aircraft, while “a person familiar with the plans” said Boeing is…

Space tech ‘hyperfactory’ opens at Adelaide Airport

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October 2, 2025
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Fleet Space says its 5,300-square-metre facility will boost Australia’s advanced manufacturing capacity, enabling the production of thousands of next-generation geophysical sensors and hundreds of satellites annually.

China’s CRRC debuts standard intelligent regional train in Qingdao

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October 2, 2025
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Chinese train maker CRRC has debuted its first standard intelligent regional train in Qingdao, Shandong Province.The post China’s CRRC debuts standard intelligent regional train in Qingdao appeared first on Railway Technology.

ADF claims fifth straight victory at global drone racing tournament

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October 1, 2025
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A total of 43 pilots from Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the United States, plus new teams from Belgium, Germany and the Philippines competed in the three-day competition from 16 to 18 September.

DP World steps up Southampton – London Gateway … by rail

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October 1, 2025
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Global port operator DP World is introducing a fifth weekly rail service between its two UK container terminals. From this Wednesday (1 October), trains will run five times a week between Southampton and London Gateway.

First jet to land at Western Sydney Airport this month

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October 1, 2025
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The NSW Rural Fire Service’s (RFS) 737 Large Air Tanker, N138CG “Marie Bashir”, will take part in a multiagency, full-scale aerodrome emergency exercise on 28 and 29 October, including a simulated aircraft incident, as WSI prepares to open late next ye…

Axe falls on trio of QantasLink bases despite outcry

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October 1, 2025
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Pilot and cabin crew bases in Hobart, Canberra and Mildura will be shuttered in April 2026, with around 70 employees moved to larger bases in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, following a review conducted by QantasLink.

Defence signs $133.6m sustainment contract for air operations

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October 1, 2025
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The recent signing of a sustainment contract with Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) will deliver critical integration enhancements to the Air and Space Operations – Command and Control System (ASO-C2CS), which allows Defence personnel to plan and conduct…