Year: 2023

The airshow, which was created by the team behind the Pacific Airshow at Huntington Beach, California, attracted around 200–300,000 total attendees over the weekend, either paid or watching from a distance. Organisers have now told local media that there is room to grow up to half as much again.

Celebrating the man who didn’t much care for the odds   During my research for my feature on the life of Max Hazelton, I managed to track down the newspaper clippings detailing the incredible search for him after his plane crash in 1954. The operation to find the grazier quickly became the biggest in Australian

The Flying Kangaroo will use larger aircraft on several routes, including its three new 787 Dreamliners and its returned A380s, as well as increasing frequency on other routes. The carrier is currently at around 80 per cent of its pre-pandemic international traffic.

In a forceful statement, the Flying Kangaroo said it “completely rejects” the allegations in the suit filed by Echo Law, and that it had not yet been served a claim as of midday Monday. Around $400 million in unclaimed COVID-19 credits remained as of June, most ranging between $100 and $500.

The championship, to be held in Northam around 100km east of Perth from 2 to 9 September, is the first in five years and the first ever outside the Northern Hemisphere. Five Australians will compete including NSW’s Nicola Scaife, already a two-time world champion.

Echo Law has lodged proceedings in the Federal Court against the Flying Kangaroo on behalf of what it says are “hundreds of thousands” of Qantas passengers.