Sunshine Coast to Auckland and Cairns to Christchurch will be put on ice indefinitely from 24 October, as the routes are no longer commercially viable and operating costs have increased. The low-cost carrier will, however, resume Sydney–Christchurch from 26 October.

The $250 million project, located adjacent the runway and key road freight networks for quick runway-to-road access, will include purpose-built facilities for partners such as Menzies Aviation, Airway and dnata, building on existing tenancies like FedEx and DHL.

VH-8QE has arrived in Australia and will join the FIFO carrier’s base in Perth, with an expected start to commercial operations on 29 June.

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On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David prepare to step inside the A350-1000ULR and fly halfway around the world as Project Sunrise finally starts to firm up.

Up to six weekly flights will resume from Essendon to King Island between October 2026 and the end of April 2027, with the airline also securing an Australia Post contract to provide mail services to and from the island for the next five years.

A total of 16 of the superjumbos, including 15 from Emirates as well as VH-OQI from Qantas, have been affected by a European Union Aviation Safety Agency airworthiness directive mandating inspections of their wing spar components.

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