The two governments have become embroiled in a war of words over where the headquarters of Virgin would be if the airline receives a combined bailout funded by a number of states.
The Palaszczuk government has announced this morning it will offer $200 million towards a national package to support COVID-19 impacted airline Virgin. The offer is contingent to a similar backing from the federal government plus other states and territories. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading
A firefighting crew have credited their training for enabling them to swim to safety through fuel contaminated water when their Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane crashed into a dam.
The government has granted approval for Sydney Airport to use the shortest of its three runways to store grounded aircraft.
Canberra Airport’s passenger terminal reopened on Friday after two days of closure due to no scheduled domestic or international flights departing.
The government has finalised a long-muted deal with Qantas and Virgin to underwrite a minimum domestic network, to the value of $165 million.