As part of the Aviation White Paper, the Government has identified barriers to disability access in aviation including unreasonably long check-in wait times, refusal of assistance animals, wheelchair access limits, and disability-unfriendly design.
Transport Minister Catherine King said the industry-run Airline Customer Advocate (ACA), which is widely considered ineffectual in addressing consumer complaints and refund requests, ‘hasn’t made enough progress’ in fixing these issues.
The space agency said returning Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore onboard Starliner was too risky as engineers still hadn’t fully deduced what went wrong with its thrusters.
The aircraft from the US Air Force’s 509th Bomb Wing and 131st Bomb Wing flew from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to Australia earlier this month on August 16.
Wing Commander Phil Parsons, the first non-Boeing pilot to take part in the testing, executed commands such as making the aircraft climb, descend, accelerate, and decelerate.
The competition regulator’s latest report on the sector said that the smaller airline’s decision to shrink its network “may mean” prices would rise, despite Rex only holding a 5 per cent market share.
The in-country facility, situated within the city’s airport precinct, will be one of only two in the world capable of producing Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and Joint Strike Missiles (JSM).
AMSL Aero, Boresight, and Grabba have been awarded $2.2 million each from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), following a “fly-off” demonstration of their capabilities in April.