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• CASA yet to show why registration fee is necessary, aero clubs say

  21-10-2026 08:11 via Australian Aviation
  As reported by The Australian, the regulator has released results from the survey about the proposed fee, to be implemented from July next year, but only surveyed potential implementation methods and did not ask pilots about whether the fee should be imposed at all.
  
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• Video Podcast: Bonza’s final chapter

  21-10-2026 07:20 via Australian Aviation
  On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake, David and Hannah take a magnifying glass to the financial skulduggery of 777 Partners in the wake of its CEO’s guilty plea over a $500 million fraud scheme.
  
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• Relief for Virgin Australia as FAA certifies 737 MAX 10

  21-10-2026 05:56 via Australian Aviation
  Featuring up to 230 seats, the MAX 10 is the largest aircraft in the 737 MAX family, joining the MAX 7 – which was certified earlier this year – as well as the MAX 8 and MAX 9. The announcement will be welcome news for Virgin Australia, which is expecting its first MAX 10 to arrive next year.
  
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• Builders tapped for Stage 1 of Melbourne Airport rail link

  21-10-2026 05:23 via Australian Aviation
  The Network Integration Program Alliance, comprising CPB Contractors and SMEC, will carry out the works to turn Sunshine Station into a “transport superhub” that will link the airport line into the rest of Melbourne’s suburban train network.
  
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• Lucky 7: Qatar Airways signs on at WSI

  21-10-2026 02:44 via Australian Aviation
  From 15 December 2027, the Gulf carrier will operate three 777-300ER flights per week between WSI and Doha, expanding to daily flights by the end of 2028. Flights will arrive into WSI at 11:45pm, departing for Doha at 4:10pm the following day.
  
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• Lim Kim Hai fined $800k, disqualified over wrongdoing at Rex

  21-10-2026 01:29 via Australian Aviation
  Lim, who in May admitted to misleading investors over Rex’s financial performance in 2023 and agreed to accept penalties, has also been ordered to pay a portion of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s costs in the case brought against him and three other former Rex directors.
  
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