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Exclusive: QantasLink, not Qantas, will fly from WSI at the start

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April 14, 2025
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While routes, aircraft, and other details have yet to be confirmed, the news means that Qantas Domestic will not operate major capital city routes out of WSI from the start, likely leaving those services to Jetstar and possibly to QantasLink’s growing …

Defence marks $5bn in global F-35 contract value for industry

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April 14, 2025
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This achievement reportedly underscores Australia’s growing role in sustaining one of the world’s most advanced defence capabilities.

Union slams planned Qantas outsourcing at Western Sydney

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April 14, 2025
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Qantas Group has called for Requests for Proposal (RFPs) from labour-hire firms to handle ground operations for QantasLink and Jetstar flights at the new airport, which is slated to open next year.

Babcock accelerates delivery of new airfield surface mats to RAAF

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April 14, 2025
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Hundreds of heavy-duty composite mats, sourced under Babcock’s ADF Ground Support Equipment contract, will be included in the upcoming shipment. This follows a successful trial conducted by the Royal Australian Air Force in 2024.

Questions fly after 12-year-old boards Jetstar plane on his own

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April 11, 2025
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The boy, who was found “safe and well” after disappearing from his Leederville home early on Wednesday morning, had managed to purchase a Jetstar ticket to Adelaide three months before he vanished, according to reports in The West Australian.

BAE Systems partners with Boeing on Ghost Bat

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April 11, 2025
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The agreement strengthens the collaborative efforts of two of the nation’s key defence players in what has been billed as one of Australia’s most significant aviation programs.

Surf Life Saving NSW to explore long-range drones

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April 10, 2025
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The agreement will see the two organisations look into using drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) to modernise SLSNSW’s coastal operations and “radically transform the state’s surf lifesaving operations into a broader national asset for disaster …

ADF attends Exercise Bersama Shield 2025 in Malaysia

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April 10, 2025
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Over the next two weeks, ADF sailors, soldiers and aviators will work alongside military forces from Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK to undertake scenarios focused on the defence of Malaysia and Singapore, across multiple domains.

Fiji Airways arrives in Cairns

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April 10, 2025
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Flight FJ971 touched down in Cairns at 11:43am on Tuesday aboard the 737 MAX 8 DQ-FAB, taking off again for Nadi as FJ970 shortly after 1pm. The new non-stop service, operating three times per week, is expected to add around 53,000 seats to the market.

Virgin to offer 61,000 refunds over rebooking errors

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April 10, 2025
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The airline will offer refunds averaging $55 to around 61,000 passengers whose bookings were “repriced in a way that does not align with its policy” in some instances between 21 April 2020 and 31 March 2025, representing about 0.1 per cent of bookings …