The funding will be used to upgrade the runway at Whyalla Airport in regional South Australia, which was last year at the centre of the high-profile “Rexit” stoush between Rex and the local council over enhanced security screening.
The planes landed at RAAF Base Williamtown between November and December as part of Operation Lightning Ferry, bringing the Air Force’s total F-35A contingent to 72.
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth Airports are bracing for potential post-COVID highs in traveller numbers between 13 December and 27 January, with the holiday season tipped to be the busiest since at least 2019 at around 15.9 million passengers.
Airline Team Global Express said transporting the pair required “months of detailed planning” and “international collaboration”, while a vet was also on board the aircraft to assist.
Born in Melbourne, His Honour Austin Asche AC KC spent his early years in Darwin and Melbourne, serving in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, and later earned a Bachelor and Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will now not come home until “no earlier than late March 2025”, back from February, to allow for more “complete processing” for a new SpaceX Dragon capsule.
Airport Coordination Australia (ACA), which has handled Sydney’s slots for the past quarter century, has lost the contract to London-based Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) for the next three years, as reported in The Australian this week.