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Aviation battens down as Cyclone Alfred approaches Queensland

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March 5, 2025
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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…

Virgin clears last major barrier to Doha flights

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March 5, 2025
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The IASC’s decision clears the final major hurdle for Virgin and Qatar following the approval of Qatar’s 25 per cent stake in Virgin by the Foreign Investment Review Board and a draft determination by the ACCC that it would not oppose the potential arr…

Refreshed Qantas 737s will feel like new planes, says Hudson

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March 5, 2025
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Speaking at The Australian Financial Review’s 2025 Business Summit, Hudson said it was important for Qantas to overhaul its fleet given the delays in receiving its new A321XLRs and A220s. The Flying Kangaroo currently operates five A220s, with its firs…

Virgin Australia taps chief commercial officer as new CEO

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March 5, 2025
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Emerson, a 21-year veteran of Virgin owner Bain Capital’s sister consultancy firm Bain & Company, was brought in as CCO in 2021. He will replace outgoing CEO Jayne Hrdlicka, who announced her departure from the top job last year.

Queensland regional airports win $6m in federal grants

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March 4, 2025
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The Queensland grants come after the federal government has so far poured more than $17 million into regional airports across NSW, Victoria and Western Australia, also as part of the fourth round of the Regional Airports Program.

Global F-35 fleet hits million-flight-hour mark

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March 4, 2025
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The milestone includes combat operations conducted by all three variants of the aircraft. Notably, November 2024 marked the first time the carrier-based F-35C was deployed in combat, successfully striking targets in contested airspace.

CASA moves to protect air traffic from Russian rocket debris

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March 4, 2025
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The Australian Space Agency said an alert was issued because the re-entry of the Stage II Soyuz 2-1B Fregat mirrored a “near-identical” mission in August 2023.

Aviation pay gap lingers as female pilots, engineers remain rare

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March 4, 2025
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Released this week in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Saturday, the data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) shows that the median pay gap at Qantas Group was 32.4 per cent in 2023–24 for total remuneration, compared to 46.2 pe…

Ex-Qantas sustainability chief joins Adelaide Airport

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March 4, 2025
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Parker, who served as Qantas’ chief sustainability officer for three years before his departure in 2024, previously worked as a senior vice president at Emirates covering areas such as international affairs and environment.

Qantas 737 returns to Sydney after cockpit smoke incident

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March 3, 2025
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Flight QF643 took off from Sydney at around 8:45am aboard the 13-year-old 737-800 VH-VZV, but landed again after circling the airport for approximately half an hour. The aircraft was able to land safely and taxi back to the gate, with no smoke having e…