The men, at least two of whom appear to have worked for Qantas subsidiary Jets Transport Express, attempted to bring 100kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of $40 million into the country on a cargo flight from Johannesburg.
While no Qantas services have been affected, six Jetstar flights on Friday morning were cancelled and two morning Virgin Australia services – to Brisbane and Melbourne – were pushed back to the afternoon due to potential impact from the ash cloud.
Heathrow, the largest of London’s six commercial airports, will remain closed until at least 11:59pm local time on Friday, causing havoc in the surrounding airspace. At least two Qantas flights in the air have been forced to divert, while others set to…
Airport Coordination Limited (ACL), which will take over slot management at Australia’s largest airport on 1 April, was awarded a three-year contract last month to replace outgoing manager Airport Coordination Australia (ACA).
The three parties have formally agreed to work together to complete the project, which is now able to move forward after the airport last year dropped its demand for an underground link and agreed to the state government’s preferred above-ground option.
Linc Horton (pictured, second from right), ex-global head of property for Toll, will take over from interim CEO Andrew Warrender on 5 May. Warrender had stepped into the position last year following the departure of Dr Peter Cock after a decade at the …
Newcastle Lord Mayor Dr Ross Kerridge this week called for an independent inquiry following a months-long stoush between the airport and the Newcastle Herald over articles in the newspaper claiming the airport is struggling with debt.