Aviation
From the Archives 1972: Whoosh! Concorde’s first Sydney landing
With an ear-splitting roar and trailing a cloud of black smoke, the supersonic Concorde flew into Sydney for the first time on June 17, 1972.
- by Jack Percival
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Rex has launched a new flight from Melbourne to Devonport, using staff and planes that once serviced a route Rex said it was forced to cancel after Qantas’s entry.
- by Angus Dalton
‘Aviation’s hard man’: Qantas boss strapped in for the long haul
Chief executive Alan Joyce has won plaudits for his streamlined management of Qantas and his strong-arm tactics with unions. But he is also facing of declining customer service levels and employee morale.
- by Anne Hyland
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Border Force commander wants travellers to be ‘match fit’ on arrival in WA
The ABF has processed 158,000 passengers since the borders came down on March 3, averaging about 5000 arrivals a day.
- by Hamish Hastie
Massive queues as Sydney Airport braces for long weekend
Holidaymakers are being urged to arrive two hours before their domestic flights as Sydney Airport prepares for thousands more travellers over the long weekend.
- by Daniella White and Angus Thomson
‘Organised chaos’ at Melbourne Airport as long weekend begins
Long delays threaten a repeat of the chaos experienced over the Easter long weekend, when airports struggled to move travellers through their terminals.
- by Patrick Hatch and Carla Jaeger
From the Archives, 1960: 21 bodies still in T.A.A. plane wreck
In one of Australia’s worst air disasters, TAA flight 538 crashed into the sea off Mackay, Queensland, killing 29 people on board.
- by Special reporters
World’s second-largest airline to connect Brisbane and San Francisco
The world’s second-largest airline will finally add Brisbane to its destination list when US-based United Airlines launches services to San Francisco in October.
- by Cameron Atfield
‘It’s chaos’: Passport office delays throw travel plans into disarray
Australians’ overseas travel plans are being put in jeopardy by delays in issuing new passports amid a massive backlog caused by a rush of applications after two years of border closures.
- by Patrick Hatch
‘Tired of the fight’: Paralympian not allowed on flight with wheelchair
Jetstar has apologised to Karni Liddell after staff told her she couldn’t board a flight to a work event in the Whitsundays with her wheelchair.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Nell Geraets
P.E. Nation partners with Virgin Australia for Tassie bound flights
A puffer jacket is the latest wardrobe upgrade for cabin crew on the tarmac this winter.
- by Jane Rocca