Australian Aviation

The Assistant Treasurer, in comments to The Australian Financial Review, maintained the federal government’s line that knocking back Qatar’s request for additional air rights was “in the national interest”, and added that Qantas’s massive $2.5bn annual profit was “a good news story”.

TAE Aerospace will upgrade the test system for the F414 engines including control and data acquisition system (CDAS) software and hardware, which is reaching the end of its supportable life.

The Federal Court dismissed an application brought by Sara Rossi, who claimed she did not have the mental capacity in 2008 to enter into a deed that would bring an end to a claim for compensation.

The first OD195 service from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland via Perth landed in Auckland last week aboard a Batik Air 737 MAX 8 and returned to Kuala Lumpur via Perth as OD196. The service will operate six times per week.

As of Monday, baggage tracking is now available on select Virgin flights departing most airports on the eastern seaboard, as well as Launceston, Hobart and Adelaide. Perth flights are expected to have baggage tracking available soon.

The distinctive tilt-rotor aircraft, which had 23 on board, was taking part in Exercise Predators Run during the incident on Melville Island, 60km off the coast from Darwin.