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Sydney Airport hits new post-COVID record

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February 3, 2025
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Australia’s largest international gateway saw 11 million passengers in total across the three months to December 2024, up five per cent on the same period in 2023 but only 94.4 per cent of the fourth quarter of 2019.

Sydney Seaplanes to grow fleet under new ownership

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February 3, 2025
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The company, which currently operates two amphibious Cessna Caravans and a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, will add a second Beaver under the ownership of hotelier Dr Jerry Schwartz, with a fifth seaplane expected by the end of the year.

Airnorth to link Cairns with Alice Springs

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February 3, 2025
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The service, to be operated with 100-seat Embraer E190 aircraft, will fly three times per week return between the two destinations starting 14 April, and is estimated to add around 30,000 seats per year on the route.

Investigators probe altitude discrepancy in DC mid-air collision

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February 3, 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recovered black boxes from both the American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 passenger jet and the US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter involved in the incident, which killed all 67 people on board…

Dnata ground handlers lock in fresh deal

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February 3, 2025
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The union said the fresh deal would see pay rises of up to 12 per cent over two years alongside improvements to rostering and rest periods.

Delta rivals Qantas with Melbourne–LAX service

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February 1, 2025
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The new LAX service will operate three times weekly from December using the carrier’s fleet of 275-seat A350-900 aircraft.

Ticket sales for The Greatest Gathering Suspended

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February 1, 2025
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Alstom has suspended tickets for The Greatest Gathering after issues following the launch this morning.

No Qantas passengers on Bombardier in US crash

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January 30, 2025
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The jet was carrying 64 people when the incident occurred at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Thursday, sparking a huge search and rescue operation.

Watch: US F-35 obliterated in fiery crash

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January 30, 2025
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The fighter jet, landing gear extended in the footage, fell in an uncontrolled flat spin, passing in front of its own ejected pilot before striking the ground and exploding near an aircraft runway at the base on 28 January.

Qantas to replace Miranda Kerr-fronted uniform

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January 30, 2025
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The previous look was launched in 2013 and designed by Paris-based Australian Martin Grant, with the new outfit set to be unveiled in 2027.