Australian Aviation

Fleet Space Technologies said its new 5,000sqm ‘GHQ’ would be based at the airport’s Catalyst Park precinct and feature “advanced manufacturing and data centre technologies”.

The agreement, which will last until 2039, will see Toll provide a total of eight aircraft for police, search and rescue, and aeromedical services in the state, including three fixed-wing planes and five helicopters.

Members of the RAAF, United States Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force worked together on “whole-of-force integration in complex and realistic scenarios” in the exercises, which included the RAAF’s F-35A Lightning II fleet.

Labor NSW MLC Stephen Lawrence joined Mark Jeffreson, the party’s candidate for Riverina, to collect signatures at Wagga Wagga Airport, one of Rex’s major bases. The petition follows the start of a new private sale process for the airline last month.

Adam and Jake discuss Vanessa Hudson’s delicate balancing act and whether Qantas is beginning to climb out of the trust deficit the old management left behind.

Jetstar flights from Ballina Byron have been cancelled and Qantas has also suspended flights in the region, while Gold Coast Airport closed ahead of the storm, which is expected to make landfall as a category 2 cyclone in the early hours of Friday morning.