Hannah Dowling

According to the airline’s deputy chairman John Sharp, one of Rex’s 34-seat Saab 340s – retrofitted with an electric and hydrogen-powered MagniX engine – will be used to trial the technology on short routes such as Adelaide-Mount Gambier.

Army and Air Force personnel have together tested their multi-domain mobility skills to improve readiness for a warfighting scenario.

Australian competition watchdog, the ACCC, has given Rex Airlines the green light to proceed with its purchase of Cobham’s regional flying unit.

Virgin Australia’s former chief pilot has claimed CEO Jayne Hrdlicka blamed him for cost blowouts and the failure of pilot enterprise agreement negotiations in an ongoing unfair dismissal and bullying claim against the airline.

It comes days after Qantas announced it would suspend its Melbourne-Wagga Wagga services from 1 August until at least March 2023, and axe its Melbourne-Mount Gambier service entirely from 15 August.

Sydney Airport has ranked in the top 10 worst airports in the world for both flight cancellations and flight delays, as weather and a “technical issue” saw even greater, snaking lines on Monday.