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Ribbon cut on Ballina Byron’s $20m runway upgrade

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March 7, 2024
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The project, which received $5.5 million in federal government funding through the Building Better Regions Fund with the remainder paid for by Ballina Shire Council, used 15,000 tonnes of new asphalt and is expected to add a decade of life to the runway.

Recon drone signed by Deputy PM Marles arrives in Ukraine

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March 7, 2024
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The Deputy PM signed the Mavic 3T thermal camera drone while attending a meeting with more than 150 members of the Ukrainian community in Geelong, Victoria late last year. Members of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have since…

Carry-on waggage: Virgin to allow pets on domestic flights

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March 7, 2024
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The service, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to launch within 12 months and will permit small cats and dogs in selected rows on specific domestic routes. Pets must be in approved pet carriers stowed under the seat in front, and will not be …

NJE opens up second FIFO route to Moranbah

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March 6, 2024
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The Rex subsidiary will fly Dash 8-400NG aircraft on its second route servicing the coal mining town in the state’s north, complementing its services between Moranbah and Brisbane, which had been its first Queensland route when it entered the state in …

Aviation firefighters threaten strike over understaffing claims

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March 6, 2024
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The industrial action, which if approved could begin on Thursday 28 March just before Easter, would involve “withdrawal of nation-wide rescue and firefighting services for up to three hours and full work stoppages”, the United Firefighters Union of Aus…

Virgin almost doubles full-year FY23 profit in first half of FY24

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March 6, 2024
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In an internal memo to Virgin staff obtained by Australian Aviation, outgoing CEO Jayne Hrdlicka said the airline had made roughly $236 million in profit off the back of $2.8 billion in revenue in the six months to December 31, and had carried nearly 4…

‘Shameful’: Judge fines Qantas $250k over COVID stand down

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March 6, 2024
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The judge made the damning criticism of the airline after Theo Seremetidis directed cleaning staff to steer clear of aircraft that had recently returned from Covid-19 hotspots in 2020.

First station complete on new METRONET line

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March 6, 2024
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The new Morley-Ellenbrook rail line, part of Western Australia’s massive METRONET investment, has marked a major milestone with the completion […]

Fed Gov seeking Commissioners for Infrastructure Australia

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March 6, 2024
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The Federal Government has announced that it is searching for a Chief Commissioner and two Commissioners to lead Infrastructure Australia […]

Qantas adds 35k medium-haul international seats from Brisbane

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March 6, 2024
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From late October this year, the Flying Kangaroo will replace E190s with 737s on its Brisbane-Wellington services, adding more than 600 weekly seats, as well as seasonally increasing Brisbane-Apia flights from three to five per week until mid-January, …