The changes, to come into effect from 9 July, will affect all flights in the Sydney area, including from Sydney Kingsford Smith, WSI, and Bankstown Airport. The new flight paths were developed in conjunction with Airservices Australia, and were approved last year.

The 5,000-square-metre facility, supported by an extra 4,000 square metres of surrounding land, will eventually be able to handle around 60,000 tonnes per year. It comes as the first cargo flights are slated to arrive at WSI from July, with passenger flights to start in October at the latest.

After Jarrod Mcrae left two apprentices stranded six metres in the air underneath a 787’s wing, the commission ruled that his engagement in “horseplay, skylarking or practical jokes” was a breach of his employer’s cardinal rules, determining that his misconduct was a valid reason for dismissal.

Signed in March, the project arrangement for virtual structural testing of composite aircraft focuses on improving the understanding of how damage initiates and propagates in composite materials widely used in modern military aircraft.