Jake Nelson

The number was up 68 per cent compared to the year prior and well ahead of Jetstar at 544 and Virgin at 359.

The partnership will see Canberra-based Skykraft use its constellation of five satellites, which were launched with SpaceX from Florida in January this year, to collect aircraft movement data and test it against data from Airways New Zealand covering NZ, the South Pacific and Southern Oceans, and the Tasman Sea.

Discount fares dropped by a third in real terms during January after hitting a 15-year high water mark in December 2022, with average revenue per passenger dropping 13 per cent in real terms.

A Virgin Australia flight dispatched, operated, and handled entirely by women has touched down at Brisbane Airport as a symbolic gesture to mark International Women’s Day.

Peter Carter, director of Carter Capner Law, has called for major reforms to Queensland and Commonwealth law in the wake of the tragedy, which claimed four lives and caused three serious injuries.

The direct Auckland flights – the only international service from Sunshine Coast Airport – will start on 25 June and operate three times per week, on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, until the end of October.