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Government may nationalise Rex if buyer not found

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February 12, 2025
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The announcement on Tuesday night, which comes after $80 million in funding and the purchase of $50 million in Rex debt from financier PAG, is the clearest signal yet that the airline could become the first to be owned by an Australian government since…

NASA project to study lightning fires hits flying milestone

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February 12, 2025
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The IGNIS project, a collaboration with Australian universities, will use sensors to provide a “3D view inside a thundercloud” that could one day alert firefighters on the ground to new blazes.

RAAF’s third Triton completes testing

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February 12, 2025
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The Australian government has already announced intentions to purchase four of the surveillance aircraft, which can fly at 50,000 feet for more than 24 hours at a time.

Hrdlicka says she still intends to leave Virgin

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February 11, 2025
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The Australian Financial Review reports Hrdlicka has told senior managers she still intends to depart the company, having announced her exit in February last year. The news comes shortly after Virgin publicly ruled out chief customer officer Paul Jones…

Western Sydney Airport lands $17m dnata catering centre

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February 11, 2025
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Construction on the 3,200-square-metre facility, expandable up to 6,400 square metres depending on demand, is already underway at the WSI cargo precinct, and is tipped to be ready by late next year when the airport is expected to open.

Vertical construction underway on new Auckland terminal

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February 11, 2025
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As part of phase 1, 92 steel columns are being craned into place for the domestic terminal’s headhouse, which will include domestic arrivals and baggage areas, airline lounges, and operational management spaces, among other important components.

RAAF aircraft head to Guam for joint training with US and Japan

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February 11, 2025
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More than 275 aviators, eight F-35As, a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport and an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft have been deployed by the RAAF to Andersen Air Force Base from February 3 to 21.

UNSW Aviation adds 6 new training aircraft

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February 11, 2025
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Two of the Diamond DA40 XLT aeroplanes, to be housed at Sydney’s Bankstown Airport, have now arrived and been put into service after several weeks of testing, with the remaining four to join the fleet over coming months.

Research shows more than half of adults would consider an apprenticeship if starting their career again

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February 10, 2025
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Network Rail has published research that reveals that over half of respondents (51%) would consider an apprenticeship if they were to restart their career.

Virgin’s Qatar flights would be allowed, says Transport Department

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February 10, 2025
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In response to a letter from the International Air Services Commission (IASC), Jim Wolfe, assistant secretary of the department’s International Aviation Branch, said the proposed 28 weekly flights to Doha would be permitted according to the terms of bi…