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The Federal Government has approved Bankstown Airport’s 2015 Master Plan, which charts the airport’s proposed development and operational growth over the next two decades. Bankstown Airport chief executive Colin Grove said the master plan, which was submitted in late 2014, detailed proposed runway and lighting upgrades, as well as new hangars. This content is available exclusively

Qantas has announced it will operate a special direct flight to Istanbul, Turkey, to coincide with the Centenary of ANZAC commerations in April. The flight, which will carry the special QF100 flight number, will be operated by a 364-seat Boeing 747-400, and will depart from Sydney to Perth and then nonstop to Istanbul’s Sabiha Göeçken international airport, on

Cairns-based regional airline Skytrans has voluntarily ceased operations with immediate effect from Friday January 2, just a day after marking its 25th anniversary. In a statement posted on the airline’s website, managing director Simon Wild said the low Australian dollar made Skytrans’ business case for operations in 2015 unsustainable. The airline, which lost three Queensland government subsidised regional air

Retired Qantas 767-300ER VH-OGT has departed Sydney for Alice Springs where it will enter storage at the new Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage facility there. VH-OGT was one of five 767s operating on the type’s final day of passenger service with Qantas on Saturday December 27, operating QF422 from Melbourne to Sydney. This content is available

UPDATED 10.40 29/12/14 AEDST  (Additional reporting by John Walton – @thatjohn) An Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 disappeared from radar over the Java Sea whilst operating flight QZ8501 from Surabaya on the eastern end of Java to Singapore on Sunday morning. As of Monday morning, 24 hours after contact was lost with the aircraft, no announcement

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is to send three F-16Cs of its Black Knights formation aerobatic display team to the Avalon Airshow. In the team’s Australian International Airshow debut, the Black Knights “will perform an exciting and highly memorable display”, the airshow organisers said on Monday, without providing further detail. This content is