The upgraded check-in area includes 18 automated kiosks, 10 bag drop units, and a dedicated oversized baggage drop, all provided by Elenium Automation. It comes after the airport last week opened its new arrivals area and baggage claim.

Speaking at The Australian Financial Review Energy and Climate Summit on Wednesday, Qantas chief sustainability officer Fiona Messent told audiences that Qantas customers wanted to see a local SAF industry and were willing to pay a small premium to support it.

Disability advocate Shane Hryhorec was offloaded from a Virgin flight in August after cabin crew mistook his wheelchair’s SmartDrive power assist for a battery, with the airline later apologising when Hryhorec posted a video of his experience.

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Two work stoppages are planned for 16 October – one for 6am–10am, and one for 5pm–9pm – with workers demanding “more full-time jobs, fairer rostering, and no cuts to part-time hours”. It follows strikes from Certis security screening staff and work safety officers in Sydney last month.

VH-VEF had landed at Melbourne from Orange on 1 April when a post-flight inspection indicated a deflated main landing gear tyre and a missing section of the inner wheel rim, though no other damage or abnormalities were reported.

On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, in the wake of the flydubai attack, Jake, David and Hannah examine the dangers that can arise when the pilots – the people we entrust with our lives in the air – are also the people posing the biggest risk to passenger safety.

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