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Australia’s involvement will include the contribution of a RAAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, as well as control staff, and Air Battlespace Management and Integrated Air and Missile Defence units.
The inaugural flight, VA218 to Melbourne, took off from Adelaide just before noon on Tuesday with two Chihuahuas on board alongside its human passenger contingent. Adelaide has now joined Melbourne, the Sunshine Coast, and the Gold Coast as a destination for the new services.
Dubbed the “GC Surfer”, the project will use buses similar to Brisbane Metro to connect Robina to Coolangatta via Varsity Lakes, Burleigh Heads, and the Gold Coast Airport at 10-minute frequencies. It comes after the light rail extension was scrapped last year following community opposition.
Flight VA127 took off aboard 737 MAX 8 VH-8IK (similar aircraft pictured) shortly before 4:30pm on Monday, with services to operate three times per week, adding more than 40,000 seats annually. Virgin now flies to Bali from Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast.
As a part of Operation Gateway, working from the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth, the aircraft conducted a range of maritime surveillance missions across the Northeast Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
Set to take place on Thursday, 6 August at The Star, Sydney, the summit will convene leaders from airlines, airports, government, and the broader aviation ecosystem to tackle the defining challenges reshaping Australian aviation.
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