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Sun sets on Qantas’ Melbourne A380 operations
Qantas has performed its final scheduled passenger service from Melbourne on its Airbus A380 fleet, marking the end of an era – and reduced booking options for premium passengers.
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Virgin revises 737 MAX 10 deliveries to mid-2028
In an announcement to the ASX on Tuesday, Virgin revealed that it now intends to take delivery of its first MAX 10 aircraft in June 2028, "with further deliveries scheduled for FY29". The airline had previously been eyeing delivery of its first MAX 10 in late 2027.
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Virgin eyes profitability amid capacity cuts and fare increases
Like its rival Qantas, Virgin has revealed it intends to cut back on domestic capacity and increase airfares in order to stabilise operating costs and minimise damage to its balance sheet. The airline is expecting its fuel costs for the six months to December 2026 to exceed $700 million.
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‘Keep your word’: Union slams Qantas HQ outsourcing plans
In a fiery statement, the union demanded Qantas “keep its commitment” over assurances it said employees had received in August that there were “no plan to offshore any Australian jobs”, and said workers “deserved an honest explanation of what had changed since then”.
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Qantas’ Project Sunrise jet breaks Guinness World Record
The Airbus A350-1000ULR, custom-designed and built for Qantas’ Project Sunrise initiative, is undergoing test flights ahead of the first planned aircraft delivery Down Under in April 2027.
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Qantas HQ to outsource 850 jobs to Accenture
Under the partnership, some roles will be offshored to Accenture’s teams in India, some will remain based in Australia, and others will “in time be transformed further with automation and AI”.
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Airservices offers new options to reduce Brisbane aircraft noise
Following a review by air traffic management consultants Trax International, Airservices has opened the ideas for public comment. It follows the release of a Brisbane Noise Action Plan, which would reduce noise impacts from the airport for around 140,000 people, earlier this year.
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New Kangaroo Route: Project Sunrise will fly as QF1 and QF2
QF1 and QF2, which are currently used for Sydney to London flights via Singapore, will be switched to the non-stop A350-1000ULR flights on their launch in October 2027. It comes as flight tests continue on the first Project Sunrise aircraft.
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Council meeting fuels Orange–Newcastle flights speculation
Asked about a direct service linking the city in Central Western NSW to Newcastle, which would bypass the need for a connection through Sydney, Orange City Council’s director of corporate and commercial services, Jen Sharp, said they were “still in negotiations”.
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NASA reveals new experimental X-70 Fractal aircraft
The aircraft was announced at the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies.
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Katherine Bennell-Pegg flies with RAAF Roulettes
Bennell-Pegg, who is hoping to become the first formal Australian representative to fly to space, flew with Roulette Three, Flight Lieutenant Kendall “Nugget” Dransfield, on a flight day at RAAF Base East Sale late last month ahead of National STEM Day on Sunday, 8 November.
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Man arrested after allegedly crashing stolen ute into hangar
An Albury man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a truck and driving it into several aircraft at Wangaratta Airport in regional Victoria on Wednesday evening.
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Virgin staff continue protected action, suspend priority boarding
Workers represented by the Australian Services Union (ASU) on Friday were boarding all guests at the same time, refusing to accept baggage at gates, and waiving some sales-related fees as negotiations over a new enterprise agreement continued to stall.
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GA hangars up for grabs in new Darwin precinct
The new general aviation precinct on Murphy Road is expected to see a range of aviation businesses, including flight training facilities, private jet operators, maintenance hangars, charter and tourism operations, as well as defence and aeromedical operators.
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Qantas eyes fare hike, reduced capacity amid fuel crisis
The airline has increased its anticipated fuel costs for the six months to 31 December 2026 by around $150 million to $3.75 billion, and has announced plans to ease capacity through to the end of the fiscal year.
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Qantas to launch Australia’s first non-stop Cape Town flights
Building on its existing Johannesburg flights from Sydney and Perth, the Flying Kangaroo will fly three times per week on 787-9 Dreamliners between Sydney and Cape Town from 19 October 2027 until 24 March 2028.
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Air Tractor crashed while trying to avoid power pole, says ATSB
VH-ODX, an AT‑802A, was conducting spraying operations north of Cummins Town, on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, on 8 September last year when it crashed into the ground, fatally injuring the pilot, investigators detailed in their final report.
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Virgin Australia to make major lounge investments
The airline is set to expand and refurbish its Brisbane domestic lounge and reopen its invitation-only Beyond Lounge in Perth. Its current lounge network spans seven airports, including Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
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Qantas offloads 44 737-800s in huge fleet sale
The Flying Kangaroo currently operates 73 of the narrow-body aircraft, with another three parked. Its first 737-800, VH-VXA, was retired this month after almost 25 years in service, having operated its first flight in February 2002, and will be part of the AerFin deal.
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Submissions, nominations open for Australasian Space Awards 2027
Australian Aviation and Space Connect are calling on members of the Australian and New Zealand space industry to submit an entry or nominate a colleague or business by Friday, 12 February 2027 to be in the running for the prestigious awards.
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China Southern axes Darwin–Guangzhou flights
The Chinese “big four” carrier, which began services to Darwin less than a year ago, will operate its last scheduled flight from Darwin on 3 December. Flights have operated three times per week.
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Video Podcast: Hack me, Amadeus
On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David examine the fallout of the Amadeus data breach, what it means for passengers and the impacted airlines, and what carriers should be doing to make sure their data is safe with third-party systems.
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Rex and FlyPelican return to Sydney’s Terminal 2
The carriers, which temporarily shifted operations to the T3 Qantas terminal in April last year, came back to T2 on Wednesday as the terminal renovations near completion. They are once again operating from their previous gates G1 and G2.
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Virgin Galactic unveils lead spacecraft ahead of 2027 flights
Apeiron was named and revealed in its completed livery for the first time at Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Factory in Mesa, Arizona, before flying to Spaceport America in New Mexico for future flight test preparations.
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Cairns Airport to get first public bus route this month
The new Route 100, which will link the airport directly with the Cairns CBD as well as the hospitals and lagoon, will begin operating on 23 November. Buses will run every 30 minutes from 4am to 10pm every day except Christmas Day and Good Friday.
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Perth Airport prepares to open new P1 transport hub
P1, which will replace the “outgrown forecourt road” in use since 1986, includes more than 1,700 parking bays as well as passenger pick-up and drop-off, taxis, rideshare services, and accessible parking. The current trials will determine a time frame for the official opening.
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Bonanza had engine trouble before fatal Brisbane crash, says ATSB
The aircraft, registration VH-MPT, crashed into open grass farmland around seven minutes after take-off from Archerfield Airport in Queensland on 7 September 2026, with a pilot and a passenger on board. The aircraft caught alight upon impact, and both occupants were fatally injured.
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Amadeus hack a warning for Australia’s cyber security: Expert
Australian Computer Society CEO Dr Prins Ralston has said Australians deserve to have “confidence that the information they entrust to it is protected throughout its technology supply chain” in the wake of the Amadeus data breach.
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WA helicopter operator grounded over ‘serious’ safety concerns
CASA said it had reason to believe that Fortescue Helicopters maintains a “deliberately and systematically non-compliant safety culture” and regularly directs its pilots to operate outside of regulatory guidelines.
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Investment NSW will not exhibit at Avalon 2027
Investment NSW has confirmed that it will not host a dedicated NSW stand for the event at Avalon Airport in Melbourne from 23 to 28 February, saying it will instead focus on Indo Pacific 2027 in Sydney.
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