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Virgin Australia captain Deborah Lawrie earned her position in the cockpit by taking legal action in 1979 against Ansett, which had refused to employ female pilots.
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Essendon Fields Airport turns 103 this year, and its unique position and proximity to Melbourne continues to shape its future.
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Accessible, reliable workhorse takes on diverse missions from Australia to Sao Paulo.
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With a big question mark over the future of its planes, and all eyes turning to its parent company 777 Partners, who is to blame for Bonza’s predicament?
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With reports that its entire fleet had been repossessed in the dead of night, emergency talks about the ongoing viability of the business ended in Bonza entering voluntary administration – so what went wrong?
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Bombardier has tackled head-on 21st-century arising military imperatives with versatile, agile, proven jets.