The exercise over California’s Mojave Desert also involved the British RAF, which, along with the US, is set to introduce its own Wedgetails into its fleet and obtain similar certification in future.
Sydney saw around 9.7 million passengers in Q2 2024, including 3.8 million international and six million domestic passengers, with total passenger traffic up 6.4 per cent on Q2 of 2023.
Speaking to Australian Aviation for an upcoming podcast about his recent book, The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out, Aston said Qantas was “effectively the only external party that was opposed to the flights being granted”….