Qantas is establishing a new Product Innovation Centre in Adelaide to accelerate the delivery of intuitive, world-leading digital experiences for the millions of customers who travel with the airline each year. The Centre is projected to be home to more than 420 highly-skilled technology roles over the next three years, bringing critical innovation capability in-...
When SmartLynx Australia started providing services between Sydney and Lord Howe Island on behalf of Qantas in April 2025, it marked more than just a new operation for SmartLynx Australia. It represents a commitment to regional connectivity that defines its mission – providing capacity to regional communities, to continuously improving operational performance, to building the flexibility tha...
ExecuJet MRO Services’ Australasian operation is celebrating its 25th anniversary in October, marking a quarter century of technical excellence and trusted service to the business aviation community across Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 1991 at Johannesburg’s Lanseria International Airport - where it remains headquartered today - ExecuJet has...
Kickstarting a month-long demonstration tour across Australia Airbus H160 has landed in Melbourne. The next-generation helicopter will visit key cities and coastal communities to showcase how it supports a wide range of missions, from saving lives to homeland security, natural disaster management, and transporting offshore crew, while setting new standards in safety, performance and sustainability...
Avionics 2000 was appointed as an official Tecnam P2012 Service Centre, reinforcing its commitment to excellence in avionics and aircraft support across Australia. This development builds on the 30-year partnership between Avionics 2000 and Hallmarc Aviation, official Tecnam dealer, both based at Essendon Fields, Melbourne’s premier business aviation airfield. Together, they offer Tecn...
Qantas is celebrating the launch of its newest aircraft, with its first two next-generation Airbus A321XLR aircraft taking off this morning for their first commercial flights. Two A321XLR aircraft, ‘Great Ocean Road’ (VH-OGA) and ‘Outback Way’ (VH-OGB), are operating their inaugural commercial services between Sydney and Melbourne and Sydney and Perth respectively. Qantas i...
Australian aviation provider StarFlight has placed an order for three Airbus H145 helicopters to provide emergency helicopter services for the Ambulance Tasmania and Tasmania Police. The H145 fleet is set to enter into service in late 2027, with the aircraft performing missions across Tasmania. The order follows StarFlight’s recent selection to deliver emergency air services in the Stat...
LanzaJet applauds the Australian Government's significant investment in the future of renewable fuels. The funding, as part of the Cleaner Fuels Program, will strengthen Australia's ability to decarbonize its transportation sector, provide critical support to the nation's energy security and afford the country's agricultural industry with a new, long-term revenue stream....
ExecuJet MRO Services Australasia has three Dassault Falcons in Sydney undergoing heavy maintenance checks simultaneously, a first for the company and demonstrating its breadth of capability as a Dassault factory-owned MRO organisation. The aircraft – a Falcon 2000EX EASy, a Falcon 900EX, and a Falcon 900EX EASy – are undergoing scheduled airframe heavy maintenance checks at E...
Following the official handover last week, Qantas’ first Airbus A321XLR, VH-OGA Great Ocean Road, has just departed the Airbus facility in Hamburg, Germany, and will arrive in Sydney on the morning of Wednesday 2 July. Flight QF6041 will fly from Hamburg to Bangkok, making history as the longest A321XLR flight operated by a commercial airline at more than 9,600 kilometres...
Some of the biggest names in aviation and automobiles are at the forefront of the electric air taxi revolution - Embraer, Boeing, Hyundai and Toyota, as well as well funded start-ups such as such as Archer and Joby. The industry may be launching in Dubai, New York and Shenzhen but it is a small Australian start-up, Skyportz, which has a provisional patent for a landing pad that may solve the issue...
Qantas, Sydney Airport and Ampol, supported by Qantas’ SAF Coalition partners, marked the largest ever commercial importation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel into Australia, with nearly two million litres of unblended SAF arriving this week. Sustainable Aviation Fuel has the greatest near-term potential to help decarbonise the aviation industry. The fuel was imported by Ampol from Malaysia to i...
