Year: 2023

As reported in the Australian Financial Review, Joyce (pictured) offloaded the shares – representing more than 90 per cent of his stake in Qantas – three days after the Flying Kangaroo turned over to the consumer watchdog information on more than 10,000 cancelled flights.

The government is acquiring four Triton aircraft plus associated support and mission systems as part of enhancements to the Air Force’s Maritime Patrol and Response program.

The contract will provide support to the ADF’s flight recorder and locating equipment (FRLE) across a number of aircraft fleets, and will deliver logistics, flight data analysis and maintenance readouts, as well as repair of specialised equipment.

Owner Aeria Management Group (AMG) will pour $50 million into a new aviation hub with as many as nine new hangars, plus $80 million into a mixed-use precinct with retail and industrial facilities. AMG plans to release the two Major Development Plans in 2024.

Vietjet will fly daily from Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne and Sydney starting 1 December, and five times per week between Ho Chi Minh City and Brisbane starting 16 December. This follows last month’s announcement of five weekly flights to Perth and Adelaide starting 21 November.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is pursuing allegations the major airline engaged in “false, misleading or deceptive conduct” by selling tickets to cancelled flights and failing to inform ticketholders if a flight was no longer available.