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Adam is a journalist who has worked for more than 40 media brands in the UK and Australia. Today, he mostly writes about aviation, space and defence.
The organisation behind the event, The AMDA Foundation, said 48,500 people attended its three-day trade exhibition held prior to the site opening to the general public, up 24 per cent on 2019.
The figures tally with recent comments by Sydney Airport’s CEO, Geoff Culbert, who said Australia’s international recovery is being “frustratingly” held back by a lack of capacity on key overseas routes.
The national carrier flew VH-OQL, fully fuelled, from Sydney to Melbourne on Tuesday to help fill up smaller aircraft. The aircraft has yet to fly a single commercial flight post-COVID.
A preliminary report compiled by the ATSB also details how he “did not recall” hearing a radio call from the second helicopter outlining that he was due to take off.
The Flying Kangaroo said it was putting in place “contingencies” to minimise the disruption to passengers, while the airport added it remained in talks with workers from third-party supplier Rivet.
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