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• Transport Minister hits lifetime Qantas Platinum status

  15-09-2026 08:43 via australianaviation.com.au
  As reported by The Australian Financial Review, the Transport Minister noted the status, which requires 75,000 lifetime Qantas status credits to attain, in her register of interests this week. According to the Minister, she had accrued these credits through flights.
  
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• Qantas’ Adelaide ‘innovation centre’ open for business

  15-09-2026 07:02 via australianaviation.com.au
  The Product Innovation Centre, based in the Adelaide CBD, will play host to the airline group’s technology product development teams including product managers, digital experience designers, software engineers, and data and AI specialists.
  
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• Domestic airlines perform strongly despite high fuel costs: ACCC

  15-09-2026 06:40 via australianaviation.com.au
  In its latest Domestic Airline Competition in Australia report, the consumer and competition watchdog said jet fuel prices were nearly 50 per cent higher in late August 2026 than in February 2026 due to the Iran conflict, but both Qantas Group and Virgin Australia had solid full-year earnings.
  
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• TransNusa adds Melbourne as second Australian port

  15-09-2026 02:20 via australianaviation.com.au
  The Indonesian medium-service carrier will fly four times per week from Melbourne to Denpasar using its A320 fleet starting 19 October, becoming the sixth carrier to operate the route. Melbourne will be TransNusa’s second Australian destination after Perth.
  
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• LifeFlight sounds alarm about laser strikes on helicopters

  15-09-2026 01:54 via australianaviation.com.au
  The aeromedical organisation said four laser strikes have been reported on LifeFlight Australia helicopters this year, compared with two in the whole of 2025, with the three most recent in Goodna, Caboolture and South Brisbane.
  
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