Australian Aviation

The planes are necessary for the Flying Kangaroo to increase capacity and launch new routes in time for the crucial Europe and North American summer season.

RAAF KC-30A multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft were able to use an advanced refuelling boom to connect with the F-15s in flight during day and night over Japan between 29 March and 26 April.

1 Recruit Training Unit (1RTU) will reduce from 11 weeks to nine, while RAAF Officer Training School will go down from 17 to 12 weeks.

Pre-pandemic, China was New Zealand’s second-largest international visitor market, with 450,000 visitors in 2019 and one of the most valuable in terms of holiday visitor spend, bringing in $1.5 billion.

The business, based in Victoria, said the certification covers maintenance of civil and defence helicopters alongside customer support, materials services and supply of spare parts.

The mid-market carrier – previously known as Malindo Air – will challenge Oneworld’s Malaysia Airlines, which has its own five-times-a-week service on the same route.