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Jetstar and Virgin add extra services as Bali flights take off on Tuesday as Qantas joins effort to bring stranded Australians home
/ | 1 Comment on Jetstar and Virgin add extra services as Bali flights take off on Tuesday as Qantas joins effort to bring stranded Australians homeImproved conditions have allowed Virgin Australia and Jetstar to operate flights to and from Bali and bring back travellers left stranded due to the Mount Raung ash cloud, with Qantas also pitching in to help return Australians home. Both Virgin and Jetstar say conditions at the airport on Tuesday are safe for flying, but caution that the Mount
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Regional aviation backs new “landmark” CASA directive
/ | 1 Comment on Regional aviation backs new “landmark” CASA directiveCASA Director of Aviation Safety (DAS) Mark Skidmore issued the new directive in June, which says, among other things, that aviation safety regulations must be shown to be necessary and developed with a view to addressing known or likely safety risks that cannot be addressed effectively by non-regulatory means alone. Further, the directive says: “If
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Jetstar resumes Bali flights
/Jetstar has scheduled a number of flights to and from Bali for Monday after deciding it was safe to operate flights into and out of the airport. Flights into and out of Bali have been severely disrupted in the past week as the ash cloud from the Mount Raung volcano forced airlines to cancel flights
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Administrative Appeals Tribunal uphold’s Archerfield Airport master plan approval
/Proposed expansion of Archerfield Airport looks set to proceed after a government tribunal upheld ministerial approval of the airport’s 2011-2031 master plan. The decision from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) concluded a three-year challenge from the Archerfield Airport Chamber of Commerce Inc (AACCI) to overturn ministerial approval of Archerfield Airport’s 2011-2031 master by then Minister for
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Virgin and Jetstar cancel Bali flights due to ash cloud
/ | 4 Comments on Virgin and Jetstar cancel Bali flights due to ash cloudVirgin Australia and Jetstar cancelled all flights into and out of Bali on Friday and have a number of services for Saturday under review due to the ash cloud from the Mount Raung volcano. Passengers booked to travel on both airlines have been asked to check the status of their flight online for the latest
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Qantas updates training materials for visual approaches after A330 flew too low on approach to Melbourne
/ | 6 Comments on Qantas updates training materials for visual approaches after A330 flew too low on approach to MelbourneQantas has updated its training manuals for visual approaches after an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation found a pilot flew an Airbus A330-200 carrying 211 passengers and 11 crew too low on approach to Melbourne Airport. The March 8 2013 incident involved Qantas A330-200 VH-EBV flying from Sydney to Melbourne and on descent into Tullamarine
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