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Record profits at Australia’s big four airports despite weak passenger growth
Airlines

Australia’s four biggest airports increased aeronautical profits by 3.6 per cent in 2018-19, despite sluggish passenger growth and a drop in domestic passengers in Sydney. The findings form part of a new report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which revealed the $863.5 million operating profit was driven by the east coast airports of

TWU claims 2014 Jetstar wage freeze will cost staff $200k
Airlines

Jetstar workers will lose nearly $200,000 in lifetime pay because of an 18-month wage freeze instigated in 2014, an investigation commissioned by the Transport Workers Union claims.

Qantas will use safety record to negotiate cut-price 737 MAX deal
Airlines

Alan Joyce has hinted he could use Qantas’ status as the world’s safest airline to negotiate a cut-price deal to buy Boeing’s troubled 737MAX when it returns to service.

457 visa changes exacerbated ‘unsafe’ air traffic control – Report
Headlines

A “critical” lack of staff exacerbated by changes to Australia’s visa system has created an “unsafe work environment” at air traffic control, according to an investigation by The Age.

RAAF Base Tindal to receive $1bn upgrade
Defence

The Northern Territory’s RAAF Base Tindal is to receive a $1.1 billion upgrade, Scott Morrison has announced.

‘Pillar of aviation community’ named among four dead in mid-air collision
Air Shows

A 79-year old 737 pilot described as a pillar of the aviation community has been named among four people killed in Wednesday’s collision between a Piper PA44 Seminole and Beechcraft D95A.

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