Australian Aviation

Interstate return airfares to and from Darwin can cost up to $1,500, ABC’s Stateline reported this week, with customers reporting high prices even when booking half a year in advance. Both major airlines have denied they are gouging passengers.

The Saab 340A, VH-KDK, was in the middle of a repositioning flight from Wagga Wagga to Charleville on 23 April 2023 when the cockpit filled with smoke, forcing the pilots to divert to Cobar.

SNC specialises in aircraft modernisation and integration, electronic warfare technologies, and innovative software solutions that enable connected protection through command, control and communications systems.

In its half-year earnings guidance to investors, the carrier advised that up to six Airbus neo aircraft and up to four 787 Dreamliners have been out of service in the first half of the 2025 financial year, due partially to global delays in engine maintenance.

The scholarship, which this year offered $120,000 shared by five final-year students completing aviation degrees at RMIT, will be expanded to $150,000 for six students in 2025.

According to data released this month by analyst OAG, half of the biggest 20 aviation markets – including Australia – are yet to reach 2019 levels of seat capacity, with Australia still 2.7 per cent below 2019 even as it grew by 4 per cent compared to 2023.