Jake Nelson

In its submission to next year’s Aviation White Paper, the advocacy body for regional aviation said government assistance is needed to support regional aviation through the transition to net zero, highlighting the pressures from skills shortages and the cost of doing business.

The TWU’s ballot saw 99 per cent of participating cabin staff vote in favour of 24-hour work stoppages, while an average of 98 per cent voted in favour across all possible actions including shorter stoppages and overtime bans. In total, 90 per cent of Virgin cabin staff participated.

The plane took off at 3:28pm local time on 30 November from Airbus’ production facility in Mirabel, Canada, where pilots completed both low- and high-altitude checks of its electrical, navigation and comms systems before touching down again at 6:22pm.

The aviation safety watchdog says there are currently around 1.8 million drone users in Australia, with “millions more” expected to buy or receive their first drone over the next year. Its ad campaign, which rolled out on Sunday, includes social media, retail partners, digital video, and digital display.

Flight ZL379 on board the 737-800 VH-REX, which was due to arrive in Sydney at 9:05pm on Saturday, was rerouted to Canberra due to severe weather and touched down at 10:04pm before waiting on the apron until 10:40pm due to a gate reassignment.

The low-cost carrier was originally slated to begin flights from its third base on the Gold Coast to Darwin on 1 December; however, owing to delays in the regulatory approval for its wet-leasing agreement with sister Canadian airline Flair, the launch has been pushed back to 2 January.