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Australia marks busiest single day for passenger flights in 4 years

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January 15, 2024
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Airservices figures showed 2,645 regular passenger transport (RPT) flights on 22 December, with 1,959 domestic and 686 international flights, the highest daily figure since 26 September 2019. On average, December 2023 saw 3,546 passenger flights per da…

RAAF F-35As head to Nevada for major combat training event

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January 15, 2024
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The Royal Australian Air Force is sending six F-35A Lightning II aircraft, a tactical command and control team as well as 150 RAAF aviators to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, for the distinguished air combat training contest in the USA from January 15…

Airservices performance slips in December as staffing issues bite

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January 15, 2024
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In its latest Network Overview report for December 2023, the body responsible for air traffic control in Australia acknowledged that 16 per cent of ground delays last month were attributable to Airservices, up from 11 per cent in October and November.

NASA unveils its quiet supersonic aircraft in Mojave desert

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January 14, 2024
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The technological advancements created by the X-59 are hugely significant, given that non-military aircraft are banned from flying faster than the speed of sound over land – a rule that contributed to the early retirement of the Concorde.

Virgin attacks Qantas’ use of overseas crew in Bali row

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January 12, 2024
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Todd Reynolds, a Virgin GM, said in a letter to the IASC that Jetstar “relies heavily on cabin crews based in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and New Zealand”.

FAA says MAX door incident ‘should never have happened’

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January 12, 2024
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The US aviation regulator’s comments come as it formally launches a probe into the incident involving an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 earlier this month.

Rex Mini Gulf services to continue

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January 12, 2024
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The ‘Mini-Gulf’ program, which began in March 2023, added extra services on Mondays and Fridays to remote communities of Normanton and Mornington Island.

Vital upgrades on the way for RAAF Base Amberley

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January 11, 2024
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The $4 million investment will support Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fleets currently stationed at Amberley, with upgrades to an external fuel tank workshop, communications support works, electrical repairs, and m…

NTSB hunts for bolts from Alaska’s blown-out MAX 9 door plug

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January 11, 2024
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More than 170 MAX 9s operated in US airspace or by US carriers are still grounded for safety inspections, with United and Alaska Airlines – the two major carriers that operate the aircraft – both reporting finding loose bolts.

‘White-out’: Heavy cloud caused fatal 2022 EC130 crash, says ATSB

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January 11, 2024
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The crash of VH-XWD on 31 March 2022, which killed all five people on board and was labelled “among the worst in Victoria’s history”, was a result of the pilot inadvertently flying into weather conditions that required instruments despite operating und…