Jake Nelson

Virgin announced this week it would drop the underperforming Cairns–Haneda service from 24 February and reassign its 737 MAX 8s to domestic flights.

The new investment is part of Qantas’ $400 million climate fund, which also includes its partnership with Airbus to develop a domestic SAF industry.

In its final report, the transport safety watchdog found that the control yoke was likely continually pushed forward during the steep descent of VH-CPQ, which crashed on 24 January, killing its student pilot, but could not find a reason for the strange input.

Sydney saw around 9.7 million passengers in Q2 2024, including 3.8 million international and 6 million domestic passengers, with total passenger traffic up 6.4 per cent on Q2 of 2023.

Wisk, a subsidiary of Boeing, has partnered with London-based Skyports to look into the potential for a vertiport network in the South-East Queensland region by the end of the decade.

On-time performance across all major airlines is still lagging behind long-term averages, with 76.8 per cent of flights arriving on time in June, 77.8 per cent departing on time, and 2.5 per cent cancelled.