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Boeing has embedded its own staff at companies in its supply chain to support efforts to increase the production rate of the 737 to 57 aircraft a month.

Qantas will send its Boeing 717s to Singapore for their heavy maintenance checks after concluding keeping the work in Canberra was not sustainable.

Air Vanuatu will add a third Australian destination to its route network from June when it begins nonstop flights to Melbourne from its Port Vila hub.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has begun investigating the crash of an Erickson Aircrane helicopter that was fighting bushfires in Victoria.

Victoria emergency management commissioner Andrew Crisp says the crash of an Erickson Aircrane while fighting bushfires has led to the type being grounded across Australia while the cause of the accident is investigated.

The RAAF is sending eight aircraft and 370 personnel to Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) for Red Flag military training exercise.