Year: 2023
Qantas postpones launch of Melbourne–Hong Kong
/It follows the Hong Kong Free Press reporting in January that airlines are struggling to increase flights due to staff shortages at the airport, and ground handling companies upping fees.
Read more »RAAF deploys P-8A Poseidons to keep tabs on North Korea
/The deployment is part of Operation Argos to enforce United Nations Security Council sanctions on North Korea and deter illegal ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned goods in the region.
Read more »Dislodged fuel filter blamed for Virgin Orbit failure
/January’s launch was the first outside the company’s home airport in the Mojave Desert, California, and significantly came before it plans a demonstrator launch at Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport in 2024.
Read more »Classic Hornets still to be sold to private air combat company
/The Australian government initially announced its intention to sell the aircraft to Air USA – now rebranded as RAVN Aerospace – in March 2020, with initial delivery three or four years from that date.
Read more »Qantas is hiring former staff on worse deals, says TWU
/The union says those coming back would return to lower-paying jobs because they lost out on previous union agreements after having departed.
Read more »Qantas flies A380 to Auckland to aid Gabrielle disruption
| 1 Comment on Qantas flies A380 to Auckland to aid Gabrielle disruptionThe Flying Kangaroo was forced to cancel or turn back services on Tuesday after Auckland Airport suspended all operations.
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