Category: Airports

Coalition vows to divert Melbourne rail loop funds for airport rail
Airports

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said a Coalition government would take $2.2 billion pledged to the SRL, which he labelled a “cruel hoax” that will “never be delivered”, as well as $2 billion for upgrades to Sunshine Station, and tip $1.5 billion into the long-delayed airport rail.

Court unfairly ‘shut out’ Qatar strip-search case, lawyer argues
Airlines

The Federal Court was told five Australian women left traumatised over strip-searches and physically invasive examinations at Doha in October 2020 have been “shut out of their trial despite having identified very serious questions” that should be tried at hearing.

Inside job: 3 men jailed over Sydney Airport cocaine plot
Airports

The men, at least two of whom appear to have worked for Qantas subsidiary Jets Transport Express, attempted to bring 100kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of $40 million into the country on a cargo flight from Johannesburg.

Volcanic ash disrupts Bali flights
Airlines

While no Qantas services have been affected, six Jetstar flights on Friday morning were cancelled and two morning Virgin Australia services – to Brisbane and Melbourne – were pushed back to the afternoon due to potential impact from the ash cloud.

Qantas flights diverted as fire closes Heathrow Airport
Airlines

Heathrow, the largest of London’s six commercial airports, will remain closed until at least 11:59pm local time on Friday, causing havoc in the surrounding airspace. At least two Qantas flights in the air have been forced to divert, while others set to depart Heathrow today will also be affected.

Exclusive: Sydney slots will be world’s most transparent, says ACL
Airports

Airport Coordination Limited (ACL), which will take over slot management at Australia’s largest airport on 1 April, was awarded a three-year contract last month to replace outgoing manager Airport Coordination Australia (ACA).

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