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Qantas brings in 737s to break 6-day Network Aviation strike

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February 14, 2024
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Australian Federation of Air Pilots members at Network, which operates Qantas FIFO and scheduled QantasLink services in WA, have begun six rolling 24-hour work stoppages from Wednesday to Monday, adding a further three days to already-planned industria…

New F-35A fighters to arrive by year’s end, says Lockheed Martin

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February 14, 2024
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The new F-35 aircraft are designed with a Technology Refresh-3 package which includes additional munitions capabilities, target recognition, jamming, cyber security, sensor and user interface improvements, processing and data storage enhancements.

Leaving Las Vegas: business jets after the Super Bowl

February 14, 2024
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After the Super Bowl ended on Sunday evening, crews began warming up the engines of the hundreds of business jets parked in every corner of […]

Wings Over Britain – Partner Podcast Update

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February 14, 2024
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By Matt Austin One of the joys of being a young aviation enthusiast in the 1980s was the opportunity to sit and listen to the stories of those with first-hand experience of the times and […]

Black Sheep Chronicles, Part 2: Corsairs!

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February 13, 2024
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The second episode of Black Sheep Chronicles: VMF-214 in World War II is now on YouTube. During the summer Gamble announced (HERE) a new and exciting series of episodes about the famed Black Sheep Squadron […]

Master of the B-17 Cockpit – Dave Littleton

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February 13, 2024
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By James Kightly Thanks to well-known warbird expert Taigh Ramey, we can take you behind the scenes with the current Apple TV+ Masters of the Air series. Taigh gives us this insight into how Dave […]

Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar Arrives at Palm Springs Air Museum

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February 13, 2024
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By Adam Estes As millions of moviegoers around the world sat for the opening of Top Gun: Maverick, we here at Vintage Aviation News were at the edge of our seats when Captain Pete Mitchell […]

Pandemic chaos ends as domestic aviation returns to stability

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February 13, 2024
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December 2023 saw 6 million domestic seats across all major airlines, about 95 per cent of 2019 levels. Around 4.8 million people flew domestically in December 2023, 94 per cent of December 2019 figures, and rates generally stayed at about 90 to 95 per…

Australia needs to address ‘significant gender disparity’ in STEM

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February 13, 2024
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The STEM Career Pathways report has found women are more likely to be on fixed-term contracts than men, and less likely to be in full-time work: only 58 per cent of women surveyed were on permanent full-time contracts, compared to 78 per cent of men.

Airfares drop in real terms, but more competition still needed: ACCC

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February 13, 2024
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In its first domestic airline competition report since it resumed monitoring the sector, the ACCC said average revenue per passenger incorporating all fare types was 13.4 per cent lower in December 2023 than in December 2022, when adjusted for inflation.