Australian Aviation

A Malaysia Airlines A330-300, 9M-MTL (similar aircraft pictured), overran runway 34 at Melbourne on 7 September, while a Bamboo Airways 787-9, VN-A819, overran it on 18 September. Each occurrence took place at night.

The airport will expand its Terminal 2 apron, build a new maintenance hangar for Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA), and develop a new aviation support precinct, at an estimated total cost of approximately $90 million.

Adam, Chris and Jake discuss how the airline can say sorry to ex-employees after the High Court defeat.

As part of its ongoing investigation into January’s fatal Gold Coast helicopter crash, the ATSB issued a Safety Advisory Notice to aircraft lifejacket manufacturers and national aviation certification authorities recommending better guidance on how constant wear lifejackets should be fitted.

International traffic at Sydney was at 89.7 per cent of 2019 levels in August, compared to domestic at 88.0 per cent. In total, the airport saw an 88.6 per cent recovery on pre-pandemic traffic, with the strong international numbers driven particularly by Asian travel.

Goyder issued a number of mea culpas on behalf of the group in his chairman’s message, including on the Flying Kangaroo’s reliability, the ACCC’s court action over cancelled flights, and the High Court’s decision on the outsourcing of almost 1,700 ground workers in 2020-21.