Jake Nelson

The 45-year-old from Lower Plenty appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday afternoon after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested him on three charges of radio interference at Melbourne Airport over the course of two months.

The route, which was paused in April due to maintenance issues with Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines used on Air New Zealand’s A320neo and A321neo aircraft, will restart on 27 October with three weekly return flights.

The Freshwater poll for The Australian Financial Review, which surveyed 1,061 voters, showed around 48 per cent agreed Qantas and Jetstar should be broken up “in order to increase competition between airlines”.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has awarded a major tender to Sphere Drones for its HubX mobile drone platform, which will initially be deployed across national parks and reserves including Yiraaldiya, Tugalong, Nattai, Yathong, and Kosciuszko.

The group – which comprises Webjet, motorhome and car rental e-commerce site GoSee, and travel tech company Trip Ninja – has entered the stock market after splitting from parent company WEB Travel Group Limited, with more than 97 per cent of shareholders voting in favour.

Ted Colbert III, who took over Boeing Defense and Space in 2022, has been temporarily replaced by the division’s chief operating officer Steve Parker while the company looks for his replacement.