Australian Aviation

The low-cost carrier will operate three A320 flights per week from 2 July to 24 October 2025, for a total of more than 18,000 seats during the winter season.

The 2024 remuneration report from union Professional Engineers Australia comes as Australia’s aerospace sector continues to grapple with an engineering shortage, and follows strikes by Qantas engineers at major airports in recent months.

The airport has installed 600 LED lights along its 3.6km runway, replacing the old halogen lamps, with up to 20 lights at a time replaced during twice-weekly overnight runway maintenance closures.

Musk, who was recently announced as co-head of the new Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, made the comments against the F-35 programme on social media platform, X (Twitter).

Monash University engineers have developed what they say is an “ultra-fast-charging” lithium-sulfur battery that can power long-haul electric vehicles, commercial drones, and electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, among other applications.

The aircraft, VH-A5A, touched down in Melbourne at 11:41pm on Sunday, 24 November, having flown via Kuala Lumpur according to data from FlightRadar24. It was spotted in flight testing late last month at Airbus’ facility in France.