Australia’s first international passenger flight left Brisbane for Singapore on 17 April 1935 on a DH86 aircraft, carrying only two passengers on the three-and-a-half-day journey. According to Qantas, more than 273 million customers have since flown across its international network.

Implemented by the Albanese Government in December 2023, the Same Job, Same Pay legislation continues to be a critical tool for unions, with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) being the latest to secure pay increases for workers. 

The new three-year contract commencing this month includes airside buses not previously provided by SkyBus, as well as new on-board information displays for the buses operating to the airport’s value car parks.

Virgin’s regional arm, which primarily operates in Western Australia, did not cancel any of its 194 flights last month, compared to 5.5 per cent cancellations for Virgin mainline services and 5.4 per cent for the group as a whole in a month heavily impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.