Jake Nelson

The airline has applied to the International Air Services Commission (IASC) to grant it 28 flights per week between Australia and Qatar using wet-leased 777-300ER aircraft from Qatar Airways, with tickets already on sale after receiving interim approval from the ACCC last year.

The changes, to be rolled out over the next 12 months, will see up to 1 million more Classic Reward seats go on sale through the Flying Kangaroo’s international partner airlines. They come after last year’s introduction of “Classic Plus” made more reward seats available.

The new premises at One Five Vaughan are more than double the size of the existing Bristol Street site at 903 square metres, and will allow Aviation Australia to train more students in aviation maintenance engineering.

Helicopter crews at LifeFlight’s Sunshine Coast, Bundaberg, Mount Isa, Toowoomba, Roma, and Brisbane bases recorded 3,534 missions during the year. It follows an all-time high for rescues in the 2023–24 financial year.

The prototype carriage will allow the metro’s future passengers to evaluate the experience, as well as enabling manufacturers, engineers and designers to validate and fine-tune the final trains, which are slated to go into production this month.

The expansion will add 5,700 square metres to dnata’s existing footprint in Melbourne, increasing its size to 16,000 square metres and making it Victoria’s largest airline catering centre. According to dnata, it will have the capacity to produce 25 million meals annually.