https://australianaviation.com.au Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Thu, 14 Mar 2024 06:12:36 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://australianaviation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-AAV0003_AustraliaAviation_Logo_Reversed-1-1.jpg https://australianaviation.com.au 32 32 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ex-alliance-boss-joins-board-of-nexus-and-aviair-parent-company/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ex-alliance-boss-joins-board-of-nexus-and-aviair-parent-company/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:38:08 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381469 Lee Schofield, formerly CEO of FIFO operator Alliance Airlines and currently COO of aeromedical organisation LifeFlight, has also served as vice-chairman of the Regional Aviation Association of Australia. He took up the position of independent director and chair at HMC Group this month.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ex-alliance-boss-joins-board-of-nexus-and-aviair-parent-company/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/brisbane-airport-begins-work-on-50m-australia-post-parcel-centre/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/brisbane-airport-begins-work-on-50m-australia-post-parcel-centre/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:35:08 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381461 The 33,800sqm Brisbane North Parcel Facility, part of Brisbane Airport’s industrial park, will be Australia Post’s second largest site in Queensland, and will include a custom-built 31,800sqm warehouse alongside 2,000sqm of commercial office space and 350 car spaces.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/brisbane-airport-begins-work-on-50m-australia-post-parcel-centre/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airservices-capacity-issues-lowest-in-10-months-says-atc-body/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airservices-capacity-issues-lowest-in-10-months-says-atc-body/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 03:31:42 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381352 In its February 2024 report, the air traffic management body found that only 1.3 per cent of flights for the month were affected by ATC ‘capacity constraints’, the lowest level in 10 months, with 6 per cent of arrival cancellations also attributable to Airservices.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airservices-capacity-issues-lowest-in-10-months-says-atc-body/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/melbourne-nears-pre-covid-levels-as-international-surge-continues/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/melbourne-nears-pre-covid-levels-as-international-surge-continues/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:18:52 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381368 The passenger numbers were bolstered by three major concert events over the month – Taylor Swift, Pink and Blink 182 – as well as the leap year offering an extra day of travel.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/melbourne-nears-pre-covid-levels-as-international-surge-continues/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jetstar-plans-major-northern-territory-expansion/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jetstar-plans-major-northern-territory-expansion/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 04:30:31 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381347 The low-cost airline is set to increase frequencies and use larger aircraft on domestic and Bali routes in the NT, adding around 54,000 seats per year, or a 12 per cent increase over existing services.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jetstar-plans-major-northern-territory-expansion/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bonza-flies-more-rockhampton-passengers-than-citys-population/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bonza-flies-more-rockhampton-passengers-than-citys-population/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:03:29 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381243 The airline says it has flown more than 100,000 people to and from Rockhampton since its first flight to the city, which at the 2021 census had just under 80,000 residents, on 13 March last year. Bonza flies from Rockhampton to Townsville, Cairns, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, and the Sunshine Coast.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bonza-flies-more-rockhampton-passengers-than-citys-population/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airasia-malaysia-lands-in-perth/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airasia-malaysia-lands-in-perth/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:23:09 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381238 The low-cost carrier is flying A320neos and A321neos from the Malaysian capital alongside AirAsia X’s A330 flights, doubling the group’s Kuala Lumpur–Perth services from seven to 14 per week. The first AK604 service from KL touched down in Perth just after 7:34pm on Monday aboard the A321neo 9M-VAA.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airasia-malaysia-lands-in-perth/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jet-zero-raises-29-million-for-queensland-sustainable-fuel-plant/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jet-zero-raises-29-million-for-queensland-sustainable-fuel-plant/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:07:56 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381229 Project Ulysses, to be built in northern Queensland, aims to produce 102 million litres of alcohol-based SAF and 11 million litres of renewable diesel per year. Jet Zero has now secured investment from Japanese energy conglomerate Idemitsu Kosan as a new strategic shareholder.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jet-zero-raises-29-million-for-queensland-sustainable-fuel-plant/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ambulance-victoria-extends-helicopter-partnership-with-babcock/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ambulance-victoria-extends-helicopter-partnership-with-babcock/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 05:06:23 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381220 The extension, valued at more than $370 million, will come into effect from 1 January 2026, and will see Babcock continue to supply Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for AV until 2030. AV’s HEMS responded to 2,197 incidents last year, with an average of almost 200 cases each month.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ambulance-victoria-extends-helicopter-partnership-with-babcock/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/air-new-zealand-pauses-auckland-chicago-due-to-787-engine-issues/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/air-new-zealand-pauses-auckland-chicago-due-to-787-engine-issues/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:32:19 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381159 The 787-9 service will be put on hold from 31 March to 25 October due to what Air New Zealand describes as “ongoing challenges with the availability of serviceable Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines” that power its Dreamliner fleet.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/air-new-zealand-pauses-auckland-chicago-due-to-787-engine-issues/feed/ 0