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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the Productivity Commission’s (PC) draft report into the economic regulation of the nation’s airports reached its conclusions without a balanced assessment of the evidence.

Some flight delays are expected at Sydney Airport after the air traffic control tower was evacuated when smoke was detected in the facility.

Air New Zealand says it will defer aircraft deliveries, slow capacity growth and undertake a cost-cutting exercise in response to softer market conditions.

Singapore Airlines says it will use its Airbus A350-900 on all four of its daily flights to Brisbane from the start of May.

Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld has been appointed the new Chief of Air Force, while Major General Greg Bilton will be the ADF’s new Chief of Joint Operations.

The Australian government is acquiring a second Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton high-altitude long-endurance maritime unmanned ISR air vehicle.