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Emirates returns to Adelaide after 4 years

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October 29, 2024
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The inaugural EK440 service touched down in Adelaide just before 9pm Monday night on the 302-seater 777-200LR A6-EWJ, with the service expected to add more than 4,200 seats per week, or around 220,400 seats per year, between Adelaide and the important …

Perth Airport profits grow as passenger numbers surge

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October 29, 2024
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The financial results came as Perth Airport exceeded its pre-pandemic capacity for the 2023–24 financial year and resolved a long-standing dispute with Qantas over the airline’s move to the Airport Central precinct.

Sydney Airport still lags pre-pandemic levels despite decent growth

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October 29, 2024
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Australia’s largest international gateway saw a total of 10.3 million passengers for the quarter, up 3.3 per cent on the same period in 2023 but still only 92.5 per cent of 2019 levels.

Date set for improvement work at Stafford railway station

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October 28, 2024
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The approach and entrance to Stafford railway station are to get a makeover, with work beginning in January.

UK urgent rail safety alert after freight derailment

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October 28, 2024
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British rail operations could be disrupted by a safety critical fault uncovered during investigations following a freight derailment in Manchester.

QantasLink boosts Coffs Harbour capacity with new A220s

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October 28, 2024
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VH-X4A arrived in the northern NSW leisure destination at 6:38pm on Sunday as flight QF1298. The A220s are enabling Qantas to resume five weekly flights between Melbourne and Coffs Harbour, up from a temporary reduction to two weekly flights in June.

American Airlines arrives in Brisbane

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October 28, 2024
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The seasonal service is the second American Airlines route currently operating into Australia alongside Sydney to Los Angeles, and will start at five flights per week before ramping up to daily services from December to the end of March.

Toll buys Rex aeromedical wing Pel-Air for $47m

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October 28, 2024
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Toll, owned by Japan Post, already operates helicopter air ambulance services for NSW and the ACT, with the confirmation of the previously-rumoured acquisition adding NSW and Victoria’s fixed-wing services to its stable.

QantasLink turns to Skytrans to maintain Lord Howe flights

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October 28, 2024
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Skytrans will fly Dash 8 Q200s from Sydney to Lord Howe starting in February 2026 as QantasLink phases out its own Q200s, the only aircraft in the Qantas fleet capable of landing on the island’s short runway.

QantasLink 717s make their last commercial flight

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October 28, 2024
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Flight QF1511 from Sydney touched down in Canberra at 6:08pm on Saturday aboard the 20-year-old aircraft VH-YQS. QantasLink was one of the world’s last three commercial operators of the 717, which it has now phased out in favour of its new Airbus A220-…