The carrier that would become Australia’s second largest airline group operated its first flight, from Brisbane to Sydney, on 31 August 2000, and benefited from the collapse of Ansett a year later before rebranding to Virgin Australia in 2011.
The Vietnamese low-cost carrier will end its Sydney-Hanoi service on 27 September and its Melbourne-Hanoi service on 3 October, but will gradually ramp up to daily flights from both destinations, as well as Brisbane, to Ho Chi Minh City.
Telkom Indonesia revealed over the weekend that it has launched an AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) supported by its digital services arm Telkom Solution that it describes as a “national AI ecosystem enabler.”
The Indonesian flag carrier will add more services from Melbourne to Denpasar, as well as from both Melbourne and Sydney to Jakarta, as demand rises for travel between Indonesia and Australia.
In this exclusive extract from his new book, Colin Burgess speaks to Clive Caldwell, the man dubbed ‘killer’ for vanquishing 28 enemy aircraft. Clive Caldwell is, without doubt, Australia’s most successful fighter pilot of WWII. Born in Sydney in 1911,…
Djibouti Telecom has announced plans to extend the regional subsea cable, Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1), southward along Africa’s east coast to broaden reach and enhance route diversity.
A dedicated group of volunteers is restoring a piece of aviation history – and passing on their skills to a new generation of aviation workers. In a warehouse in Beresfield, near Newcastle, a long, slow resurrection is underway. Rescued more than a dec…
The arrival of the first A321XLR marks a quiet, if soggy, revolution for the carrier Qantas in July took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, the aircraft set to replace the 737 as the backbone of its domestic fleet. Named ‘Great Ocean Road’ and regis…
The RAAF is finally revealing details on the aircraft formally known as Loyal Wingman Since its unveiling in May 2020, there’s been precious little information on how much progress Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat has made. The trailblazing drone, for those u…
After two years of construction, Newcastle Airport is set to open its new terminal, which promises to boost its capacity and improve its links to the world. Here, Jake Nelson spoke to Linc Horton ahead of the opening. AA: Can you give us a snapshot of …