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New Sydney slot manager to take the reins in April

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February 18, 2025
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ACL manages slots at 75 airports around the world, such as London Heathrow and Dubai, and is owned by a consortium including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and easyJet. It will replace Airport Coordination Australia (ACA), which has handled Sydney’s…

Sun 16/2/25 on the rails: from rolling stock shortages and odd train movements

Snuffle Nose
February 18, 2025
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I when to ride the 07:40 Swan Hill loco haul for the day when due to rolling stock shortage not train fault as stated on V/line app it was 3×1 Car VLocity!

The World’s 10 Largest Low-Cost Airlines By Revenue

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February 18, 2025
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Despite their tight margins, the world’s leading budget carriers generate billions of dollars in revenue.

Satellite Networks

Thailand to crack down on scammers using illegal LEO satellite kits

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February 18, 2025
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Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is reportedly planning to crack down on scammers using LEO satellite services like Starlink to provide connectivity for their operations.

Optical & Fixed Networks

Airtel establishes SEA-ME-WE 6’s second landing point in India

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February 18, 2025
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Indian telco Bharti Airtel said on Monday that it has landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 subsea cable in Chennai, two months after establising the cable system’s first Indian landing point in Mumbai.

Air India and Virgin Australia launch codeshare deal

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February 18, 2025
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The codeshare will see Air India, which operates daily Dreamliner flights from Delhi to Sydney and Melbourne, add its code to Virgin flights allowing onward connections to 16 cities across Australia and New Zealand.

ACCC gives the go ahead to Virgin-Qatar alliance

Helen Carrie
February 18, 2025
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Qatar Airways would operate the new flights through its aircraft and crew, in what is known in the aviation industry as a “wet lease” arrangement.

Revealed: Why the Gold Coast needs a nude beach

Helen Carrie
February 18, 2025
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Given the Gold Coast’s unofficial dress code already seems to be ‘clothing optional’.

TV battle lines drawn as Fox, 7 reveal huge prime-time line-ups

Helen Carrie
February 18, 2025
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But who will win TV’s main event?

ACCC plans to greenlight Virgin’s Qatar deal

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February 18, 2025
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The competition and consumer watchdog, which granted an interim authorisation to the deal last year that has allowed Virgin and Qatar Airways to sell tickets on the flights, believes the arrangement is “likely to result in public benefits and is unlike…