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North Pole cargo airline JingleJet enters administration
/ | 1 Comment on North Pole cargo airline JingleJet enters administrationFinancial services firm Caspar, Balthazar & Melchior (CB&M) was sensationally called in as administrator overnight following days of speculation about the carrier’s future, with insiders criticising Claus’ decision to invest in an expensive 747 freighter for a seasonal-only business.
Read moreVirgin and Qantas fly from crisis-hit Vanuatu
The commercial relief flights came alongside RAAF Globemaster III and C-130J Hercules carrying 568 holidaymakers, workers and other returnees back to Australia.
Read moreDroneShield expands to Latin America
/The firm, based in Sydney and listed on the ASX, manufactures huge gun-like products that can detect and jam enemy drones.
Read moreRAAF joins Defence support of Australian Antarctic research
/A RAAF C-17A Globemaster III last month dropped off the first supplies at Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica.
Read moreRAAF Hercules plays Santa in the Pacific for another year
/Operation Christmas Drop 24 ran from 4 to 17 December and involved a RAAF C-130J Hercules and 35 Australian Defence Force personnel.
Read moreAircraft in mid-air collision turned back to avoid turbulence
/Qantas captain Criddle, 72, was conducting an examination with Jake Anastas, 29, in a Cessna 182 when the aircraft crashed into a Jabiru flown by Khadervali Gagguturu, 60, who was undertaking a recreational flight.
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