The Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council developed the procedures, which include minimum drop heights, after the ATSB’s findings around the crash of a Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner, N619SW (similar aircraft pictured), on 6 February 2023.

The operator of Gold Coast, Townsville, Mount Isa and Longreach airports recorded 8.4 million total passengers in the 12 months to the end of June, up half a million on the previous year, with Gold Coast Airport seeing the most substantial growth, up 7.7 per cent on FY25 to 6.5 million.

Part of the state’s $180.6 million Sovereign Industry Development Fund (SIDF), the grant will enable Leidos to “relocate and upgrade its Mission Equipment Service Centre”, boosting its capacity to maintain advanced airborne radar and electro-optic systems.

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Lieutenant General Holger Neumann is touring Australia as part of Exercise Pitch Black 26 held in the Northern Territory this month.

The A350-1000ULR MSN707, which flew from Airbus’ plant in Toulouse to Melbourne last week, touched down from the return journey on 28 July after 24 hours and 24 minutes in the air, covering a total distance of 23,075 kilometres.

On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David unpack the crate expectations being placed on Australia’s secondary airports as freight operations ramp up at WSI and Avalon.

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