Australian Aviation

The systems allow users to manage and safely support incoming flights when traditional infrastructure does not exist or has been damaged by disaster or warfighting.

The airline’s order of 737 MAX aircraft is under a cloud, with an issue found in aft fuselage sections from troubled Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems.

Hypersonix has tipped launch provider Rocket Lab USA for the test flight of its mostly 3D-printed DART AE scramjet.

The TWU said it will engage in “crisis talks” with Rivet, which supplies fuel to Qantas as a subcontractor for ExxonMobil at Melbourne Airport.

Originally slated to open in 2029, the rail link – which will connect Melbourne Airport to Sunshine Station via a new stop at Keilor East at a cost of up to $13 billion – will not meet that completion date, Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan confirmed in an interview with ABC Radio.

Dovetail, which is owned by Sydney Aviation Holdings – a firm that also owns tourist operator Sydney Seaplanes – is aiming to retrofit electric turbine engines to existing planes such as Rex’s Saab 340 fleet by 2026.