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Qantas to send checklists to customers before international restart

Fire Fighting

Nothing’s changed one year on from bushfire report, says ex-fire chief

Airlines

Bonza got a ‘phenomenal’ deal on the 737 MAX, says founder

October 27, 2021

NSW Police Force welcomes three Bell 429s to PolAir fleet

by Hannah Dowling October 26, 2021

The new twin-engine aircraft will serve as PolAir 1, 3 and 4. They will be used to support the Force in patrols, search and rescue, surveillance and specialist operations throughout NSW.

Aerobatic aircraft crashed into back of hovering G2 helicopter

October 12, 2021

Quick-thinking pilot escaped helicopter that sank while aiding bushfire crisis

September 21, 2021

WA acquires second Airbus H145 as part of fleet upgrade

September 1, 2021

Babcock Australasia: An independent capability partner for critical and complex services

August 23, 2021

Sitting down with Oceania Aviation’s Airborne Systems division

August 19, 2021

Quickstep to support homegrown cargo drone manufacturing with new deal

by Hannah Dowling October 21, 2021

Under the new partnership, Quickstep will supply engineering, tooling and manufacturing services for Swoop Aero's KITE unmanned cargo drone.

Video: Watch flying cars ‘racing’ in Australia for the first time

October 13, 2021

World-first as Google drones deliver from Queensland mall

October 7, 2021

Skyportz signs agreement to bring 100 electric air taxis to Melbourne

October 5, 2021

Drone users to face same reporting standards as aircraft operators

September 28, 2021

Orbital UAV to use Defence grant to expand production capacity

September 8, 2021

Perth named busiest domestic airport in August, Sydney falls out of top 10

by Hannah Dowling October 20, 2021

Perth Airport became Australia's busiest airport for domestic operations in August 2021, while the usual pre-COVID number one, Sydney fell out of the top 10 entirely.

Sydney domestic passenger traffic continued to fall in September

October 20, 2021

Brisbane Airport warns foreign airlines could exit Queensland market

October 19, 2021

Ombudsman criticises Airservices over Brisbane Airport noise

October 13, 2021

Brisbane Airport CEO ‘quietly confident’ of international travel this year

October 11, 2021

Adelaide Airport promotes finance chief to be new MD

October 8, 2021

Comment: International borders are about to open, but the plight of stranded Aussies is not over

by Staff reporter October 26, 2021

In this cross-posting with The Conversation, senior researchers Meru Sheel, Holly Seal and Adam Craig discuss the changing rules around Australia's international borders, and what that means for those stranded overseas.

PM hints skilled migrants, international students could return next month

October 22, 2021

Engineering skill shortages are leading to overpromotions

October 21, 2021

Queensland state and international borders to open by Christmas

October 18, 2021

Vaccine passports for overseas travel to be rolled out this week

October 18, 2021

Union urges enforced rapid antigen testing in aviation

October 15, 2021

General Aviation

Podcast

Podcast: Bonza founder reveals how he’ll disrupt the industry

by Robyn Tongol October 27, 2021

Tim Jordan tells the Australian Aviation Podcast why the airline has chosen the MAX, what he’ll do if rivals decide to compete on their routes and when it will launch.