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Help on its way for Rex despite 'flawed' expansion

Help on its way for Rex despite 'flawed' expansion

A taxpayer-funded lifeline for Rex Airlines looks increasingly likely as the Albanese government highlights the carrier's "absolutely vital" regional presence.

Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration

Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration

Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration

Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration

Rex Airlines has gone into voluntary administration and cancelled all flights between major airports.

Green plane fuel could take off in Australia after deal

Green plane fuel could take off in Australia after deal

Green plane fuel could take off in Australia after deal

Green plane fuel could take off in Australia after deal

Three firms have teamed up to investigate the creation of a sustainable aviation fuel industry in Brisbane as demand for renewable options booms.

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Cyber experts say vetting failed before global crash

Cyber experts say vetting failed before global crash

As the world reboots and transport, governments and businesses return to normal, experts take in what might have been the world's biggest IT failure.

Software error disrupts flights, banks, media worldwide

Software error disrupts flights, banks, media worldwide

A faulty update to widely used cybersecurity software has knocked airlines, media companies, banks and telecoms offline around the world.

AFL team's crappy flight home after toilet trouble

AFL team's crappy flight home after toilet trouble

The AFL has complained to a charter company after one of its teams was left without water after take-off, leaving crews to scoop toilet waste into bins.

Impromptu trick gone wrong caused deadly jet crash

Impromptu trick gone wrong caused deadly jet crash

A spontaneous manoeuvre to create a "good filming opportunity" led to a mid-air collision between two former military jets, killing a pilot and cameraman.

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Controversial ‘travel tax’ behind border security boost

Controversial ‘travel tax’ behind border security boost

Controversial ‘travel tax’ behind border security boost

Controversial ‘travel tax’ behind border security boost

International travellers leaving Australia are being charged more as the government seeks to defray the increasing cost of biosecurity.

Union acted 'reasonably' in dispute with Qantas: court

Union acted 'reasonably' in dispute with Qantas: court

Union acted 'reasonably' in dispute with Qantas: court

Union acted 'reasonably' in dispute with Qantas: court

A court has ruled the union representing long-haul pilots working for Qantas was not unreasonable in blocking the airline's request to pursue external hires.

Questions remain over Melbourne airport rail link

Questions remain over Melbourne airport rail link

Questions remain over Melbourne airport rail link

Questions remain over Melbourne airport rail link

Questions remain over the cost of Melbourne's long-awaited airport rail link, with a station set to be built above ground without a definite completion date.

Airport rail link deadlock broken yet long wait remains

Airport rail link deadlock broken yet long wait remains

Airport rail link deadlock broken yet long wait remains

Airport rail link deadlock broken yet long wait remains

A proposed airport rail link will not be ready any sooner than 2033 despite the operator relenting in its push for an underground station.

Australian icon tops list of birds pureed by planes

Australian icon tops list of birds pureed by planes

Australian icon tops list of birds pureed by planes

Australian icon tops list of birds pureed by planes

Galahs, flying foxes and magpies have topped the list of animals that have perished in aircraft strikes in Australia in the past decade.

Bonza reaches end of tarmac as budget carrier wound up

Bonza reaches end of tarmac as budget carrier wound up

Bonza reaches end of tarmac as budget carrier wound up

Bonza reaches end of tarmac as budget carrier wound up

Creditors have voted to liquidate embattled airline Bonza with more than $110 million believed to be owed to creditors, workers, landlords and the tax office.

Airport rail mediator backs above ground station

Airport rail mediator backs above ground station

Airport rail mediator backs above ground station

Airport rail mediator backs above ground station

Attempts to have an underground train station at Melbourne Airport have taken another blow with a federal government-appointed mediator recommending against it.

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'Golden lights': Virgin passenger recounts engine fire

A Virgin Australia flight bound for Melbourne was safely diverted to a New Zealand airport after an engine burst into flames, due to a bird strike.

New Caledonia to reopen airport, shorten curfew

As deadly violence in New Caledonia continues to ebb, the French Pacific territory is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport.

Farm waste may help power Australia's biofuel future

Tax breaks and emission targets will be considered as part of a consultation into Australia's emerging biofuel industry that could power air and road travel.

Entitlements up in the air as Bonza workers jettisoned

More than 300 Bonza workers have been sacked after administrators failed to find a buyer to bail out the grounded airline.

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Fuel fault prompts probe after cancelled flights chaos

A refuelling issue that forced airlines to cancel almost 70 flights at Perth Airport has been resolved as attention turns to clearing a backlog of planes.

Unclear why Outback Wrangler chopper crashed: regulator

Lawyers for Australia's aviation authority say it needs more information about what caused the helicopter crash that killed Outback Wrangler star Chris Wilson.

Sackings 'very likely' in pandemic crisis, Qantas says

Qantas staff unlawfully fired in 2020 should get reduced compensation because they would have been fired in 2021 anyway, lawyers for the airline have argued.

Flight aborted after alleged Virgin mid-air nude run

A Virgin flight from Perth to Melbourne was turned around after a man allegedly ran naked through the plane and knocked over a crew member.

Labor could bend on airport rail if $7b offer stands

The Victorian government is willing to look at shifting its stance on an underground airport train station if it is privately funded, the deputy premier says.

Two-month window for sale of grounded airline Bonza

Out-of-pocket staff and other creditors of cash-strapped budget carrier Bonza will be better off if the company is sold rather than wound up, a court has heard.

Aircraft hit by deadly turbulence returns to Singapore

The aircraft that encountered deadly turbulence flying over Myanmar has returned to Singapore after it was diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing.

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