Jake Nelson

Hypersonix has tipped launch provider Rocket Lab USA for the test flight of its mostly 3D-printed DART AE scramjet.

The TWU said it will engage in “crisis talks” with Rivet, which supplies fuel to Qantas as a subcontractor for ExxonMobil at Melbourne Airport.

Originally slated to open in 2029, the rail link – which will connect Melbourne Airport to Sunshine Station via a new stop at Keilor East at a cost of up to $13 billion – will not meet that completion date, Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan confirmed in an interview with ABC Radio.

Dovetail, which is owned by Sydney Aviation Holdings – a firm that also owns tourist operator Sydney Seaplanes – is aiming to retrofit electric turbine engines to existing planes such as Rex’s Saab 340 fleet by 2026.

The new service took off for the first time at 4:47pm yesterday as flight QF39, arriving in Jakarta at 8:18pm local time. It will operate three times per week using Airbus A330 aircraft, adding to the national carrier’s existing Sydney-Jakarta flights.

The arrival of 50th carrier Vietjet this morning comes months after the airport’ CEO, Geoff Culbert, said international travel was still “lagging behind” and called on airlines to put on more services.