Year: 2023

In a significant intervention, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has opened an investigation after it emerged a diversion from Sydney to Newcastle was a result of staffing issues at air traffic control.

Around 25 kilometres of fibre will be laid at the airport and its surrounding business park as part of a new Business Fibre Zone, which will enable data options close to 10Gbps.

The point-to-point flights are the first to connect the Sunshine Coast with the Capricorn Coast and South Great Barrier Reef regions, alleviating the need for a seven-hour car journey along the Bruce Highway or a connection through Brisbane.

The FAA said on Friday that Boeing had sufficiently addressed concerns around a data analysis error relating to the aircraft’s forward pressure bulkhead, which had halted Dreamliner deliveries.

The figures tally with recent comments by Sydney Airport’s CEO, Geoff Culbert, who said Australia’s international recovery is being “frustratingly” held back by a lack of capacity on key overseas routes.

Despite “almost certainly” wearing a helmet and four-point restraints, the pilot of the plane, registered VH-ACQ, lost their life when the AT-400’s fuel tanks ruptured during the accident near Moree, NSW, causing a fatal fire.