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‘I’m sorry... but’: Apologetic Alan Joyce tells his side of the Qantas story
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (1379+ words) July 27, 2026 — 12:01am Worse than the global financial crisis. Worse than the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. A shock to the industry that could cost the company 10,000 jobs. In 2020, these predictions of the damage COVID-19 would wreak on the aviation industry were…...
‘Dead in the water’: Navy’s flagship ‘drone ship’ program in doubt
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (887+ words) July 26, 2026 — 8:00pm A centrepiece of the Albanese government’s push to modernise the navy – a fleet of large, heavily armed warships that can operate with or without sailors on board – has been thrown into doubt after the United States military dumped its…...
The Melbourne airport chaplain who inspired a new film starring Hugo Weaving
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1284+ words) July 25, 2026 — 4:46pm Martyn Scrimshaw has seen it all in his job as chaplain at Melbourne Airport: bereaved relatives meeting a flight their family member has died on, homeless people looking for a warm place to sleep and victims of romance scams…...
Qantas plane designated for non-stop UK flight to land in Melbourne
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (74+ words) Qantas's custom design airbus which the airline hopes will ferry passengers on a no-stop flight from Australia to the UK, will touch down on its maiden voyage in Melbourne this morning. Updated July 24, 2026 — 6:51am,first published 6:49am...
Qantas plane set to arrive in Australia today - direct from France
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (342+ words) July 24, 2026 — 6:00am Qantas’ Project Sunrise plane will land in Australia today, after making a direct 20-hour plus flight from the factory in France. The specially adapted Airbus A350-1000ULR is expected to land in Melbourne on Friday after performing a flight test designed…...
The moment a lost plane is found 74 years on
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (66+ words) This is the moment researchers found the wreckage of a Pan American Airways plane, 74 years after it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean and shaped aviation safety history. Updated July 23, 2026 — 8:21am,first published 8:18am...
‘Oh God! That’s a plane!’ Wreckage of Pan Am crash discovered after decades
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (681+ words) July 22, 2026 — 11:22am The wreckage from a Pan Am plane crash in the ocean 74 years ago that helped lead to requirements for the passenger safety briefings on every flight today has been found off the coast of Puerto Rico. The talks flight…...
If you want to understand why houses are so expensive, go to the airport
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (940+ words) July 22, 2026 — 5:00am Walk into any airport, even a touch peckish, and it’s game over. There are few places that feel quite as extortionate as Australia’s housing market, but airports surely come a close second. The thing is – they have a lot…...
Onus on pilots to ‘keep head on a swivel’ in busy skies around Sea World crash site
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (451+ words) July 21, 2026 — 4:39pm The skies surrounding a theme park where a fatal mid-air helicopter crash occurred are so busy that pilots rely mainly on a “see and avoid” approach, a coroner has heard. Three tourists and Sea World Helicopters pilot Ashley Jenkinson…...
‘Baked bean cans’: Emirates boss to reject Boeing jets
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (613+ words) July 21, 2026 — 8:04am Boeing has been dealt a fresh blow after Emirates said it would refuse to take delivery of 10 aircraft, claiming that the much-delayed jets would be better off being turned into baked bean tins. The Dubai airline has ordered a…...