Staff at Tullamarine airport have said that the fire started on an equipment truck on the runway. Viewers from inside Terminal 1 watched in alarm as smoke engulfed a Qantas plane.
Following a range of submissions reporting the terrible treatment of passengers with disabilities, the Royal Commission has contacted chief executives for both airports and airlines in writing, demanding improvements be made.
Bonza’s booking app has become the most downloaded on Android mobile phones in another sign the airline’s unique business model is working. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in
The three-times-weekly service will use the Flying Kangaroo’s widebody A330s and rival Garuda Indonesia, which currently flies the same route twice a week.
Australian Aviation photographer Lenn Bayliss was on hand to capture the moment the widebody, VH-VPD, departed Toowoomba.
In a rare opinion piece, Alan Joyce also reveals the Flying Kangaroo is almost back to 100 per cent of pre-COVID domestic capacity.