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Virgin Australia chalks up near-spotless month for cancellations

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January 22, 2026
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Australia’s second largest airline group cancelled just 0.8 per cent of flights in December 2025 according to new BITRE data, compared to 2.4 per cent of Qantas red-tail services and 1.9 per cent of Jetstar flights. In total, 1.9 per cent of all flight…

Ex-Qantas pilot admits to copying sensitive documents

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January 22, 2026
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Captain Luke Fogarty, former head of E190 commercial, operations and performance at Qantas, copied “several thousand megabytes” of commercial information, including for E190s, 737s, and 787s, and has reached a settlement with Qantas over the matter, Th…

ATSB lauds golf course crash pilot’s ‘effective decision-making’

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January 22, 2026
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In dramatic scenes that spread across social media, the Piper PA-28, VA-BUN, crashed on the golf course on Sydney’s Northern Beaches on 17 August 2025 following a mechanical failure, with a student pilot sustaining minor injuries and the aircraft itsel…

Alleged trespasser charged over Melbourne Airport incident

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January 22, 2026
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Flight QF782 from Perth, operated by the 737-800 VH-VXJ, touched down 17 minutes behind schedule after the pilot performed a go-around to avoid the Nepalese national, who police say trespassed near the live runway, while two other aircraft were prevent…

Jetstar to upgauge Brisbane–Canberra services over winter

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January 22, 2026
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The low-cost carrier will replace A320-200s with A321neo LRs between Brisbane and Canberra from April to October this year, each of which offers up to 52 additional seats per flight. It will be the first time Jetstar has operated the new aircraft into …

Data of the week: Silk Road rail costs edge higher in December as sea–land gap narrows

Nikos Papatolios
January 21, 2026
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Rail freight costs on the Eurasian overland corridors continued to rise in December 2025, while deep-sea–linked transport costs increased even faster, narrowing the price gap…

Rhenus acquires Kazakh terminal: ‘Response to changing supply chain trends’

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January 21, 2026
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German logistics service provider Rhenus has acquired its first rail-connected terminal in Kazakhstan. The facility, located just north of Almaty, handles block trains and offers…

Rail Cargo Group starts DAC Demo tests

Marco Raimondi
January 21, 2026
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The testing of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) is taking a further step with Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG). The DAC Demonstrator tests will run for…

Contargo takes over PortShuttle Rotterdam: ‘Able to fulfill rail ambitions quicker’

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January 21, 2026
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Contargo, a large European intermodal logistics company, has taken over PortShuttle Rotterdam. The former had long been one of the largest customers of the latter.…

Nuclear group secures temporary solution for spent fuel shipments on closed line

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January 21, 2026
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French nuclear products and services group Orano has secured a temporary solution for spent fuel shipments by rail following the derailment of a Brittany Ferries…