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LifeFlight signs deal for 4 more AW139 helicopters

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March 18, 2025
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The new order will bring the total AW139 fleet between LifeFlight and its joint-venture partner StarFlight to 20 by the end of 2027, which the aeromedical organisation says will enhance its capability for EMS, search and rescue, and law enforcement mis…

Qantas labour-hire cabin staff win pay rises

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March 18, 2025
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The agreements with labour hire firms Qantas Domestic, Maurice Alexander Management (MAM), and Altara will see their domestic cabin crews receive the same wages as directly-employed Qantas cabin crew, under the Albanese government’s Same Job, Same Pay …

Cathay Pacific brings refitted 777s to Sydney route

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March 18, 2025
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The retrofitted planes, featuring the airline’s new “Aria Suite” business class product, have been introduced on five selected flights per week to Australia as their second destination outside of Hong Kong, following their debut on Hong Kong-London in …

Lockheed Martin spent $300m on axed satellite project

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March 18, 2025
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Lockheed Martin, which makes the F-35 Lightning II fighter, was named “preferred tender” on JP 9102 in April 2023 – all but guaranteeing the deal – before it was abruptly dropped, along with scores of smaller firms, in November 2024.

RAAF concludes round of Indo-Pacific surveillance patrols

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March 17, 2025
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Conducted as part of the Air Force’s first iteration of regional presence deployments for the year, 11 Squadron’s P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft worked alongside the Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Hobart in the South China Sea on maritime …

Starliner astronauts to return home after Falcon 9 arrives at ISS

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March 17, 2025
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The Crew-10 capsule, carrying four new astronauts, docked with the ISS on Saturday evening and will return to Earth with the original Starliner crew on Wednesday.

AirAsia Malaysia to connect Darwin with Kuala Lumpur

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March 17, 2025
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The route, commencing 27 June, will operate four times per week on A321neo aircraft, adding around 100,000 seats per year and bringing AirAsia Group’s total weekly Darwin flights to seven. It comes after sister airline Indonesia AirAsia announced a non…

Airports to invest billions in infrastructure over next decade

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March 17, 2025
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According to the ACCC’s latest Airport Monitoring Report, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth airports collectively invested $985.1 million in aeronautical facilities in 2023–24, more than half of which was accounted for by Melbourne’s $502.3 million…

Big 4 airports post record aeronautical revenues

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March 17, 2025
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Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth Airports collectively brought in $2.6 billion in 2023-24, up 24.3 per cent from the previous year, though passenger numbers were still 4.7 per cent below 2018-19 levels. Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane also grew the…

Exclusive: Economy airfares nosedive after Virgin booking changes

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March 17, 2025
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According to new BITRE data released by the Department of Transport, “restricted economy” fares, or standard economy fares, have crashed since high points in September and October following the end of Rex’s jet operations, and are now at 55.9 per cent …