Year: 2024

In its half-year earnings guidance to investors, the carrier advised that up to six Airbus neo aircraft and up to four 787 Dreamliners have been out of service in the first half of the 2025 financial year, due partially to global delays in engine maintenance.

The scholarship, which this year offered $120,000 shared by five final-year students completing aviation degrees at RMIT, will be expanded to $150,000 for six students in 2025.

According to data released this month by analyst OAG, half of the biggest 20 aviation markets – including Australia – are yet to reach 2019 levels of seat capacity, with Australia still 2.7 per cent below 2019 even as it grew by 4 per cent compared to 2023.

The helicopter was located after a search by an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Challenger rescue jet, as well as a Victorian Air Ambulance helicopter and a local skydiving aircraft, the ABC has reported.

VH-VYH (similar aircraft pictured) was taking off for flight QF520 to Brisbane on 8 November when its right-hand engine malfunctioned with a loud bang, sending hot metal fragments into the grass near the runway.

The Federal Court on Thursday granted EY’s application, which will see the firm stay on as administrator for the regional airline until 30 June 2025. The news comes after the federal government aided Rex with $80 million in financing to keep its planes flying.