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Due to expire in November, the Western Air Services Subsidy has been renewed for another year, enabling cheaper flights by Air Link and FlyPelican to an area covering more than 111,000 square kilometres, including Bourke, Walgett, Lightning Ridge, and Cobar.
Building on the existing agreements from 2011, the new deal expands available seats by 5,000 per week for each country’s airlines, and adds new Indonesian destinations including Lake Toba, Borobudur, Mandalika, Komodo and Likupang.
RMIT Aviation Academy’s Justin Brownjohn said the 2001 terrorist attacks, which killed almost 3,000 people, sparked the “most significant overhaul of aviation security” in modern times, including heightened protections at airports and on board aircraft.
The departure tax was set to rise from $70 to $80 per person starting in January, which provoked condemnation from both the tourism industry and the airlines; however, the bill is set to be blocked in the Senate, with the Coalition and the Greens both coming out against it.
A total of 65.32 million passengers travelled on Australian domestic commercial flights, including charter operations, in the 12 months to the end of June 2026, up 2.4 per cent on the previous year.
In its Australian Aviation Network Overview report for July 2026, Airservices said the Australian aviation industry has entered Financial Year 2026-2027 with “resilient demand and steady economic conditions despite ongoing global uncertainty”.
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