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The last scheduled flight, Virgin Australia flight VA1298 to Melbourne, is scheduled for 7:45pm on Tuesday, after which the airport will shut down ahead of Jasper’s anticipated landfall on Wednesday. CEO Richard Baker has warned that the airport will not be available until at least Thursday.
More than 1.31 million international seats will be available to and from Melbourne this month, which represents 101 per cent of the 1.29 million seats available in December 2019. The news comes as Aircalin resumes services between Melbourne and New Caledonia after more than three years.
The cyclone is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, with the BoM predicting it to hit between Cape Flattery and Cardwell. Damaging winds are expected in the Cairns region starting on Tuesday, potentially extending as far as Townsville or Cape Melville.
In a significant intervention as part of its submission responding to the Aviation Green Paper, the peak body for airports appeared to accuse domestic airlines of slot hoarding and endorsed a Senate inquiry’s recommendation for the ACCC to look into the sector.
The $30 million project, opening 5 December, combines the existing Novotel and Mercure airport hotels into a single resort with one reception area, as well as refurbished rooms, new villas, suites and bungalows, and a 60-metre swimming pool with children’s playground and poolside dining.
A Malaysia Airlines A330-300, 9M-MTL, and a Bamboo Airways 787-9, VN-A819, both overran the end of runway 16/34 during nighttime works 11 days apart in September this year. The runway at the time had only 2,089 metres available for take-off compared to the normal 3,657 metres.
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