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B-21 Raider awarded for outstanding defence achievement

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March 27, 2024
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The Northrop Grumman bomber was selected from a collection of defence innovations, including the THOR-ER ramjet missile, Sierra Nevada Corporation and Saab Gripen E fighter jet, as part of the 66th Annual Laureate Awards, hosted by Aviation Week Networ…

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How Melbourne became Australia’s largest city

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March 26, 2024
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People left Melbourne during the pandemic in record numbers. Now they have flooded back, outpacing Sydney and solidifying its claim as Australia’s largest city.

Airnorth’s Perth–Alice Springs route now underway

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March 26, 2024
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Flights commenced on Monday 25 March, with flight TL361 taking off from Perth at 8:30am and landing in Alice Springs at 12:30pm local time before returning to Perth that afternoon. The service, which uses Airnorth’s Embraer E170LR aircraft, will operat…

Boeing CEO and chairman to go by year’s end as MAX crisis continues

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March 26, 2024
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The senior management reshuffle also includes the immediate resignation of Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, to be replaced by Boeing chief operating officer Stephanie Pope. It comes amid ongoing turmoil for Boeing over the safety record o…

Jetstar’s Sydney service arrives in Margaret River

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March 26, 2024
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The service, announced last year, began on Tuesday and operates three times per week using Jetstar’s A320-200 fleet. It is one of only two regular passenger transport flights serving Busselton Margaret River, the other being a Jetstar service to Melbou…

Toowoomba to host Ghost Bat production facility

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March 26, 2024
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The defence prime said on Tuesday that construction is now underway on a 9,000-square-metre hub it hopes will be operational within three years.

Exclusive: Qantas A330 hit by engine failure was oldest in fleet

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March 26, 2024
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It comes a year after Qantas’ pilot union accused the airline of a failure of fleet planning by not having enough new international aircraft, and with Boeing and Airbus experiencing delivery delays.

Jetstar to remake its launch campaign with real passenger stories

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March 25, 2024
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Qantas’ low-cost subsidiary, which launched in 2004, put out a “casting call” for Australians to share positive memories of the airline to potentially feature in the ad. The campaign, to be filmed in April, will be released for the airline’s 20th anniv…

Defence acquires Australia’s first laser-based anti-drone system

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March 25, 2024
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The Fractl:2 DE system is powerful enough to burn through steel and precise enough to track and shoot down a drone travelling at 100km/hour from kilometres away, according to AIM Defence.

Jetstar’s fourth weekly Sydney–Rarotonga service to begin Wednesday

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March 25, 2024
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Commencing on 27 March, the Wednesday flights, joining existing services on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, will add around 20,000 seats per year between the two destinations using A321neo LR aircraft. Jetstar this month resumed services to Rarotonga fol…