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Gold Coast marks more than 1.2m passengers over 2025 peak

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February 12, 2026
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Around 47,000 more passengers transited the airport in the 2025 holiday peak than in 2024, with 600,000 in December and a further 637,000 in January. It comes as airlines including Qantas, Jetstar, and Fiji Airways look to ramp up services from the Gol…

Sunshine Coast Airport opens new baggage handling facility

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February 12, 2026
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Featuring several hundred metres of new conveyor belts, alongside Rapiscan CT screening technology, higher throughput, and updated infrastructure to “minimise operational disruptions and downtime”, construction on the facility began in May last year an…

Dublin puts money in cold storage

Simon Walton
February 12, 2026
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Dublin Port has completed a €3.4 million investment in new refrigerated container facilities, aimed at supporting growing demand for temperature-controlled cargo. The works include four…

Milestone reached for HS2’s Warwickshire viaducts

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February 12, 2026
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HS2 has successfully finished building four parallel viaduct decks on a complex triangular intersection located to the east of Birmingham.

Swedish timber rail volumes break records

Marco Raimondi
February 11, 2026
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Timber is one of the main industries in Sweden, especially in the Norrland region in the north. Despite persisting challenges, rail freight is increasing its…

Data of the week: Intermodal remains resilient despite Dutch rail freight volume collapse

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February 11, 2026
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The volume of rail freight on the Dutch rail network has shrunk for the third year in a row. As in previous years, the decline…

Italy and its ports keep struggling to boost rail freight

Marco Raimondi
February 11, 2026
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For the fourth year in a row, rail freight in Italy continued to decline. The number of trains handled in the country’s main ports continues…

Qantas takes global bronze medal for on-time performance

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February 11, 2026
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The Flying Kangaroo arrived at the gate within 15 minutes of schedule 83.32 per cent of the time last month, OAG said, behind China Southern in first place at 89.4 per cent, and Hainan Airlines in second place at 87.92 per cent. Out of a total 22,676 Q…

QantasLink donates Network Fokker 100 to aircraft museum

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February 11, 2026
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VH-NHO touched down in Parkes on Tuesday afternoon after a flight from Perth via Kalgoorlie, having flown 18 years for Network after its delivery in 2008. It comes as QantasLink looks to replace its Fokker 100s with newer aircraft, including mid-life E…

HS2 opens more apprenticeships and jobs

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February 11, 2026
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To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, HS2 has announced that it is looking to recruit another 34 apprentices and 16 graduates.