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WOFA PODCAST: Father’s Day Series EP 1 – Peter “Weeksey” Weekes
/On this Father’s Day edition of the Australian Aviation podcast, Peter “Weeksey” Weekes talks about working in aviation alongside his father and brother.
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From the archives: Longreach: Qantas Boeing 747 VH-OJA’s record flight
/ | 4 Comments on From the archives: Longreach: Qantas Boeing 747 VH-OJA’s record flightThis story from Australian Aviation’s archives is from 2015, when Tom Ballantyne wrote about being on Qantas’s record making London-Sydney flight in 1989.
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Malindo Air begins flights to Sydney
/ | 3 Comments on Malindo Air begins flights to SydneyMalindo Air chief executive Chandran Rama Muthy says the airline is looking for further expansion in Australia after starting flights to Sydney.
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All 233 on board survive Ural Airlines emergency landing after bird strike
/ | 2 Comments on All 233 on board survive Ural Airlines emergency landing after bird strikeAll 233 people have survived after a Ural Airlines Airbus A321 made an emergency landing in a corn field when both engines failed shortly after takeoff.
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Boeing pushes back entry-into-service of Project Sunrise contender 777-8X
| 2 Comments on Boeing pushes back entry-into-service of Project Sunrise contender 777-8XBoeing says it has pushed back the timeline for the entry-into-service of its 777-8X ultra-long range widebody to “reduce risk” in the program.
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Sydney Airport posts 14.8 per cent lift in first half net profit
/Sydney Airport has reported a double-digit improvement in net profit for the first half of calendar 2019 amid challenging operating conditions.
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