On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David welcome Hannah Dowling back to the show as they discuss the ongoing travails at Australia’s busiest international gateway.

Workers will conduct two sets of 2-hour stoppages from 7.30am–9.30am and 6.00pm–8.00pm on Thursday as part of protected industrial action after 99 per cent voted in favour. It comes as Qantas Freight and QantasLink ground handling staff are also planning strike action.

Due to expire in November, the Western Air Services Subsidy has been renewed for another year, enabling cheaper flights by Air Link and FlyPelican to an area covering more than 111,000 square kilometres, including Bourke, Walgett, Lightning Ridge, and Cobar.

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Tickets for the 18-hour flights from Sydney to the Big Apple will go on sale in August next year, following the launch of the inaugural Project Sunrise services from Sydney to London in October 2027. It comes as flight tests continue on the first A350-1000ULR aircraft slated for Project Sunrise.

Members of the Australian Services Union who work for the airline began waiving or zeroing out sales-related fees – including excess baggage charges, seat changes, and late fees – at midnight on 23 September, continuing until midnight on 24 September.

According to a report in The Australian, Virgin cabin crew are calling in sick at higher rates and increasingly opting not to put their hand up for additional shifts on their off-days, citing being “exhausted and fed up”.

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