In the final Regional Airports Financial Sustainability Survey 2026, commissioned by the AAA and Regional Capitals Australia and conducted by ACIL Allen, 73 per cent of the 41 airports surveyed reported a loss for the 2025 financial year.
Malcolm Vivian was reportedly testing the kit-made Mk 26B Spitfire, VH-SFX (similar aircraft pictured), when it crashed at Malabaine, near Northam, on Wednesday morning. Australian Aviation understands the aircraft was Vivian’s second Spitfire.
In a letter to Transport Minister Catherine King, the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia, alongside the International Air Transport Association, and Airlines for Australia and New Zealand, expressed concerns about the $10 increase flagged in…
Sunshine Coast to Auckland and Cairns to Christchurch will be put on ice indefinitely from 24 October, as the routes are no longer commercially viable and operating costs have increased. The low-cost carrier will, however, resume Sydney–Christchurch fr…
The $250 million project, located adjacent the runway and key road freight networks for quick runway-to-road access, will include purpose-built facilities for partners such as Menzies Aviation, Airway and dnata, building on existing tenancies like FedE…
On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David prepare to step inside the A350-1000ULR and fly halfway around the world as Project Sunrise finally starts to firm up.
Up to six weekly flights will resume from Essendon to King Island between October 2026 and the end of April 2027, with the airline also securing an Australia Post contract to provide mail services to and from the island for the next five years.
A total of 16 of the superjumbos, including 15 from Emirates as well as VH-OQI from Qantas, have been affected by a European Union Aviation Safety Agency airworthiness directive mandating inspections of their wing spar components.
Soldiers were able to use drones to autonomously pick out targets in woodlands in the English countryside. Operating in challenging conditions on Salisbury Plain, they explored how drone swarms could conduct co-ordinated missions using AI.