Australian Aviation

Dr Adriano Di Pietro will replace Max York, who quietly stepped away from the role for family reasons in April. York was a former head of GE Australia and came out of retirement to take the position at AMSL.

The 2024–25 financial year saw 17.48 million passengers through Perth’s terminals, up 8.5 per cent on the 16.1 million last year. This includes 5.14 million international passengers, up 18.3 per cent on last year, and a new domestic record driven by continued growth in regional travel.

Captain Andrew Marshall will participate in a panel session at the upcoming summit where he will join other leading experts to unpack the role of emerging technology in the future of aviation. 

On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Adam and Jake are joined by special guest David Hollingworth from Cyber Daily to discuss the impact and aftermath of the Qantas hack, and how you can protect your data.

A preliminary report into the accident has revealed that investigators are using footage recorded from a GoPro installed in the cockpit to piece together what went wrong during the incident that left pilot Glenn Collins seriously injured.

Separately, the airline has also revealed that 5.7 million passengers were targeted in total, and broken down the number of those whose names, emails, phone numbers, and other data fields were compromised.