Australian Aviation

After sifting through hundreds of submissions, the judging panel for this year’s AusSpace24 Australian Space Awards have chosen 165 finalists across 25 categories.

The airline launched its second base at Melbourne Airport on 30 March 2023 and now serves 11 destinations from the city, including seven not served by any other carrier and nine not served by any other low-cost carrier.

The ballot, which closes on 1 May, was filed by ATC union Civil Air. If successful, protected industrial action could include bans on ATC training and overtime, as well as work stoppages of up to 24 hours, and comes amid accusations of understaffing and poor work/life balance.

The move, unveiled by newly appointed loyalty chief Andrew Glance, comes amid criticism that the current system is difficult to use and points have effectively devalued over the years.

Two years on from the reopening of borders, 350,387 international passengers travelled through Perth Airport in February 2024. This was an increase of 12 per cent on February of 2020, a month before COVID travel restrictions took effect, and up eight per cent on February 2019.

Meteorologists said the wild weather was caused by a low-pressure system over south-eastern Australia, which occurred at the same time as a moisture-rich coastal trough formed off the coast of NSW and South-East Queensland.