Jake Nelson

Currently operating three times per week on the 787-9 Dreamliner, the Narita service – which recommenced in October, two weeks ahead of schedule – was originally slated to end for the season in March 2025 but will now be a permanent fixture at the airport.

The corporate watchdog says the company – now in voluntary administration released a misleading ASX statement on 28 February 2023 saying it was “optimistic the Group will have positive operating profits for the full FY23 barring any further external shocks”, despite not having any reasonable basis for such a claim.

Liliana Goodson, now 30, was arrested in April 2023 after Border Force officers found the $3,000 pistol in her luggage, and will serve 12 months – four of them in full-time custody – after pleading guilty to illegally importing a firearm and ammunition.

In a seven-year deal with CS Energy, Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) will switch Gold Coast and Townsville airports over to 100 per cent renewable power sources, including Kennedy Energy Park and Columboola, Hughenden, and Moura solar farms, as of midnight on New Year’s Day.

Workers were due to take industrial action on Wednesday, but have won an in-principle agreement that will see an 11 per cent pay rise over two years as well as improvements to rostering and working conditions. Ninety-eight per cent of workers voted in favour of strikes in a ballot filed in October.

After more than a year’s wait, the government’s Aviation White Paper arrived in August. But will it make a difference? Jake Nelson breaks down industry reactions from the Australian Aviation Summit.