Australian Aviation

Exercise Red Flag Alaska 21-3, which took part between 12 and 27 August, was designed to support the integration of the RAAF and USAF in a large force employment activity.

Qantas delivered over 450,000 additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the UK to Australia on Sunday night, just days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison struck a new deal to add 4 million doses to Australia’s supply.

The Brazilian planemaker’s subsidiary Eve said its deal with Microflite will lay the foundations and “validate parameters” so electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles can launch in just five years’ time.

According to the ATSB’s preliminary report into the incident, the aircraft was fully intact prior to the collision, and there was no evidence of pre-impact defects with the aircraft’s flight controls, aircraft structure, or engine.

Virgin’s new route between Adelaide and Cairns is expected to generate a further $25 million in tourism for Far North Queensland.

From September, passengers on QLink services will be able to access over 2,500 hours of movies and TV shows from their own device via the Qantas Entertainment app.