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VH-VGJ (similar aircraft pictured), which was not carrying passengers, was being towed to gate 4 when the Mitsubishi Triton driven by an airport security contractor employee crashed into its right engine at approximately 5:30am, smashing the ute’s windscreen and trapping the driver until emergency services freed them.
Just 52.6 per cent of scheduled Bonza services took off on time last month, down from 73.3 per cent in November, while cancellations went from 4.2 per cent to 19.4 per cent. This was the worst performance on both metrics among all domestic and regional carriers for the month of December.
A total of 3.58 million passengers went through Sydney’s terminals last month – 15.8 per cent higher than December 2022, and 90.6 per cent of December 2019 levels – with Australian passport holders exceeding pre-pandemic numbers for the first time, up 1.3 per cent on December 2019.
The Flying Kangaroo pointed to new data that showed it was outperforming Virgin despite its on-time departures remaining far below the long-term average.
A route via Singapore will initially fly three times per week on 787-9 Dreamliners, with non-stop services to commence once it acquires the A350-1000s necessary to reach Australia’s east coast directly from Istanbul. The first flight will touch down in Melbourne on 16 March.
New analysis of data shows that the twin effects of inflation and the rising price of jet fuel has mitigated an increase in services from the major carriers.
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