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First flights begin from Sydney and Melbourne to Beijing Daxing

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December 17, 2024
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The airline, one of China’s “Big Four”, is flying four times per week from Sydney and three times per week from Melbourne using A330 aircraft, both for ten-week seasons. Daxing is Beijing’s newer international airport, and the city’s second alongside B…

Skytrans’ first A319 arrives in Australia

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December 16, 2024
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The aircraft, to be registered VH-L7A, formerly flew with Italian airline ITA and is now owned by Skytrans parent company Avia Solutions Group (ASG). It arrived in Brisbane at 7:40 on Monday morning, having flown from Lithuania via Ras Al Khaimah, Colo…

Stralis clears hydrogen milestone with successful propeller test

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December 16, 2024
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The test, conducted on a ground demonstrator aircraft dubbed “Clyde”, took place at Brisbane Airport and was the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the first on a registered plane at an international airport.

Cancellations hit 3-year low in October

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December 16, 2024
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Only 1.8 per cent of flights were cancelled in October 2024, around half the rate of October 2023, as detailed in Airservices’ latest Australian Aviation Network Overview report for November, though on-time performance still lags the rest of the world.

Qatar Airways to make Canberra comeback

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December 16, 2024
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The Gulf carrier will launch a daily service via Melbourne in December 2025 using its 777 fleet, bringing international connections out of Canberra back to two after Batik Air indefinitely suspended its Denpasar service in October.

Babcock delivers third helicopter to SA Ambulance

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December 16, 2024
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Babcock Australasia recently delivered a Bell 412 helicopter to the SA Ambulance Service as part of its ongoing partnership with the State Rescue Helicopter Service.

Stadler secures contract with Swiss railways for 11 hybrid locomotives

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December 14, 2024
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Stadler has secured a contract to supply of 11 new metre-gauge locomotives for the Rhaetian Railway and Matterhorn Gotthard Railway in Switzerland.

Jetstar launches trio of international routes over 2 days

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December 13, 2024
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The low-cost carrier is now flying from Sydney to Port Vila, Sunshine Coast to Auckland, and Brisbane to Bangkok, and has launched four new routes in the past fortnight, with Sunshine Coast to Cairns having commenced on 4 December.

LTG Cargo Polska and Wascosa in commercial collaboration

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December 12, 2024
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Non-craneable cargo handling deal puts trucks on trains between Baltic states and Germany.

Digital developments in logistics

Simon Walton
December 12, 2024
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A recent conference in Birmingham, England, concluded that criticism of the logistics industry was unjustified. Far from being hidebound in its ways, the industry is embracing new technology and staying on the cutting edge of digital development.