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Qantas to start Bendigo-Sydney nonstop flights
/ | 7 Comments on Qantas to start Bendigo-Sydney nonstop flightsQantas has announced plans to fly six times a week between Sydney and Bendigo with Dash 8-Q300 turboprops from March 31 2019.
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Still the one? The 10 years of the A380 at Qantas
/ | 6 Comments on Still the one? The 10 years of the A380 at QantasHas the Airbus A380 lived up to the hype for Qantas over the past decade? Tom Ballantyne searches for an answer in this Australian Aviation feature.
Read moreF-35 cleared for operational test and evaluation as first RAAF jets arrive
/The Joint Strike Fighter Program Office has officially cleared the Lockheed Martin F-35 to begin initial operational test & evaluation, the milestone coming as the first two F-35As to be based in Australia arrive in-country.
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Air NZ faces prospect of pre-Christmas strike
/ | 9 Comments on Air NZ faces prospect of pre-Christmas strikeTwo unions representing about 1,000 staff at Air New Zealand have voted to commence strike action in the lead up to Christmas.
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Lockheed Martin, Airbus team to offer KC-30 to the US
/ | 8 Comments on Lockheed Martin, Airbus team to offer KC-30 to the USAirbus has signed a MoU with Lockheed Martin to market the Airbus A330 MRTT – in service with the RAAF as the KC-30A – to potential US customers.
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Boeing upbeat on outlook for 777-8X
/ | 5 Comments on Boeing upbeat on outlook for 777-8XBoeing’s Randy Tinseth says he expects orders for the 777-8X to start coming in once the first 777-300ERs near retirement age.
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