Jake Nelson

The Flying Kangaroo and its low-cost arm have been assigned 52 per cent of take-off and landing slots in Sydney between late October 2025 and the end of March 2026, with Virgin Australia taking 19 per cent of the total allocation, according to data released by slot manager ACL Asia Pacific (ACL).

The organisation, based in Queensland, assisted 8,497 people in the 2024-25 financial year, up 3.9 per cent on its previous record last year. This translates to one patient every 62 minutes across its medical teams, helicopter and jet fleets.

Originally slated to come online on 27 November this year, the controlled airspace at Ballina Byron will now be introduced on 11 June 2026.

In the preliminary report into the 12 June crash, which killed 241 people on board and 19 on the ground, injuring 67 more, investigators from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) found that the plane’s engines both had their fuel cut off moments into the flight.

The 2024–25 financial year saw 17.48 million passengers through Perth’s terminals, up 8.5 per cent on the 16.1 million last year. This includes 5.14 million international passengers, up 18.3 per cent on last year, and a new domestic record driven by continued growth in regional travel.

Drones will be remotely piloted beyond visual line-of-sight along highways around Greater Sydney, with the first units installed on the M1 at Mooney Mooney and the Hume Highway at Narellan. This will allow spotters to see accidents and traffic jams more quickly, the state government has said.