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Speaking to Adelaide’s FiveAA radio, Transport Minister Catherine King agreed that Qantas “should do better” in the city, which currently hosts nine other international carriers, and indicated she would be willing to press the Flying Kangaroo to bring back international flights.
The maiden flight TK174 touched down at 6:18pm on Friday aboard the 777-300ER TC-LJK, having flown from Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur.
The KC-30A originally took off from RAAF Base Amberley before travelling more than 23.3 hours, with two refuelling brackets supplied from a second RAAF KC-30A, to Jerez, Spain.
VH-OGA, “Great Ocean Road”, has seen its forward and rear fuselage, wings, and tail assembled among other major airframe components at Airbus’ facility in Hamburg, Germany. It is the first of 28 firm orders for the A321XLR, which will replace Qantas’ 737-800 fleet over the next decade.
The ACCC’s interim authorisation will allow the airlines to market and sell the flights between Doha and Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, with east coast flights to commence in June 2025 and Perth flights to follow in November.
Operation Gateway, Australia’s longest running Defence operation, deploys a number of RAAF P-8A aircraft to Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth each year.
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