Of 149 pilots surveyed as part of the safety watchdog’s ongoing aerial firefighting safety study, 91 respondents (61 per cent) said they had experienced an incident between 2017 and 2022, but only 52 (35 per cent) said they had reported it.

Speaking to The Courier-Mail this week, Gert-Jan de Graaff said Brisbane Airport – which currently has links to 35 international destinations – is looking to increase its Asian connectivity, including to Thailand, China and India, as well as potential services to South America through Santiago.

The ATD, which is designed to supplant the paper Incoming Passenger Card, will be available to passengers arriving on the first international flight to WSI – an Air New Zealand service from Auckland – on 26 October.

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As part of the Defence Work Experience STEM Immersion Program, the 10 students spent a week at the Air Force base in the NSW Hunter region, meeting with Australian Defence Force, Australian Public Service and Defence industry professionals.

Around 30 tonnes of engineered timber, also called glulam or GLT, is being used for the terminal’s raking roof frames, which the airport says “reinforces the terminal’s connection to the landscape that surrounds it” and saves around 40 tonnes of carbon compared to steel and concrete.

As reported by The Australian, the regulator has released results from the survey about the proposed fee, to be implemented from July next year, but only surveyed potential implementation methods and did not ask pilots about whether the fee should be imposed at all.

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