The Lockheed AP-3C Orion clocked 16,000 flying hours from 1978 to 2016, while the Dakota C-47 served with the RAAF from 1945 to 2000.

Boeing has confirmed that Queensland will house the final assembly facility for its Loyal Wingman AI aircraft. The state hopes to have the UAV, also known as Boeing Airpower Teaming System, produced at the factory by the middle of the decade, with prototype testing and certification happening before that. This content is available exclusively to

New Zealanders will be able to fly into NSW and the NT without quarantine from 16 October in the first stage of the long-planned trans-Tasman bubble.

Virgin Australia chief executive Paul Scurrah has hailed Bain as “a really good owner” and said the relationship is like “a good marriage”.