Year: 2025

As we welcome the Summer 2025 issue of Australian Aviation, we also find ourselves reflecting on a major transition in the life of this publication. After nearly a decade steering the masthead, our outgoing editor, Adam Thorn, has wrapped up his tenure. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

In a statement of claim filed with the Federal Court in October, former Webjet company secretary and general counsel Meaghan Simpson alleged she was unfairly fired in June for raising concerns about the chief executive and managing director, Katrina Barry.

Almost 1,800 former ground workers, whose jobs were outsourced in 2020 in contravention of the Fair Work Act, will receive emergency payments of $3,333 each before Christmas, with the remainder to be paid pro-rata based on individual entitlements.

Starting on 1 April, the airline will increase Broome flights to 17 per week due to high demand, up more than 40 per cent on existing capacity, with new services timed to enable connections from capital cities on the east coast.

The $5 million taxiway, which began construction in April, required more than 6,000 cubic metres of material to be excavated, as well as the laying of 2,200 square metres of specialist concrete. It has now opened in time for Christmas freight, with Qantas A321s already touching down.

The NZ flag carrier expects 1.1 million international and 1.6 million domestic passengers over the end-of-year peak from 1 December to 31 January, including over 500,000 to Australia’s three major east coast cities alone.