Hannah Dowling

Qantas has announced it will restart its scenic 12-hour flights from Australia to Antarctica and back, giving Australians a unique opportunity to view the frozen continent from above. Australia’s flagship carrier has partnered with tour company Antarctica Flights to provide a privately chartered Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner, for a total of seven flights from Australia

The new comments come after Qantas decided to take on Rex for the popular service, which Rex branded “anti-competitive”  behaviour.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released an interim report on its ongoing investigation into a Sydney Seaplanes Beaver accident from December 2017, which saw the pilot and five passengers lose their lives. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add

The first direct flight between Canberra and Ballina/Byron Bay departed on Friday, with return flights between the ACT and the sunny far north NSW coastline to now depart three times per week. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian

Rex has lashed out at Qantas and called for government intervention, following its announcement of a new “commercially unsustainable” Sydney-Orange route. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian Aviation as a preferred news source.

The revelation comes after Australian Aviation also reported how Tumut in NSW has such as weak runway that aircraft can’t fill their water tanks fully.