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Gold Coast Airport has picked up another international route with the start of Jetstar flights to Fiji. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier commenced its three times a week direct service on Tuesday, when Airbus A320 VH-VFJ took off from the Gold Coast as JQ125 at 0935 local time, landing at Nadi a little over three hours

A rebranded Skytrans will return to the skies from April 1 under new owners. Townsville-based West Wing Aviation has purchased the former airline’s air operator’s certificate (AOC) from Skytrans administrators Bentleys Chartered Accountants and leased two of its Dash 8 Q100 turboprops VH-QQA and VH-QQG. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Australia has joined other jurisdictions including Canada and New Zealand in requiring two people to be in the cockpit of regular public transport (RPT) flights at all times. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password

F/A-18A Hornets from 75 Squadron have taken over air combat operations over Iraq from 1 Squadron’s F/A-18F Super Hornets, Defence has announced. The six single-seat F/A-18A ‘classic’ Hornets deployed to Al Minhad Air Base, near Dubai, in early March, and have since been conducting familiarisation flights prior to taking on full operational responsibilities for the RAAF’s

Qantas says yields were up across its domestic and international network in February as the cricket World Cup and the arrival of the Year of the Goat boosted demand for travel. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username

Regional Express (Rex) says it will further expand its North Queensland operations with a new crew base in Cairns, new flights to Mount Isa and the acquisition of a Townsville-based engineering firm. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login.