Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System – “AUS 1” – to be operated by the Royal Australian Air Force was reportedly deployed for an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission during the exercise earlier this year.
A source with knowledge of the situation said it was never Bonza’s job to pay the leases on its fleet of 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which have sat grounded since Tuesday after being repossessed by the lessor, AIP Capital.
Jetstar flights from Ballina Byron have been cancelled and Qantas has also suspended flights in the region, while Gold Coast Airport closed ahead of the storm, which is expected to make landfall as a category 2 cyclone in the early hours of Friday morn…