Air Transport

• High cost of flying actual kangaroos on Qantas questioned by wildlife carers

  ABC Kimberley

  By Stephanie Coombes and Leah McLennan

  Posted December 08, 2017 08:01:43 | Updated December 08, 2017 13:40:40

  Western Australian wildlife carers say Qantas should take the big red kangaroo off its planes because it charges twice as much to transport joeys as it does to fly cats and dogs.

  Topics: animals, animal-welfare, air-transport, broome-6725

• Airport upgrade plans lead Regional Express airline to remove services

  ABC South East NSW

  By Bill Brown

  Posted December 04, 2017 16:13:16

  A small airport has had its air services reduced after months of conflict with major airline Regional Express over an expansion of air and sea transport facilities.

  Topics: air-transport, regional-development, rural-tourism, sea-transport, tourism, merimbula-2548

• Dispute between Rex and the Bega Valley Shire Council Audio

  Audio
  ABC News

  10min 6sec

  Posted December 04, 2017 16:13:16

  Topics: air-transport, sea-transport, regional-development, tourism, rural-tourism, local-government

• A Regional Express Saab 340 at Merimbula airport image

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  ABC News

  Posted December 04, 2017 16:13:16

  Topics: air-transport

• Airport upgrade plans lead Rex airline to remove services Video

  Video
  ABC News

  4min 6sec

  Posted December 04, 2017 16:13:16

  Regional Express (Rex) opposes regional airport expansion such as that proposed for Merimbula.

  Topics: air-transport, regional-development, merimbula-2548

• Merimbula airport baggage claim image

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  ABC News

  Posted December 04, 2017 16:13:16

  Topics: air-transport, regional-development, merimbula-2548

• Multi-million dollar airstrip upgrades improve safety for Royal Flying Doctor Service image

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  ABC News

  Posted December 01, 2017 15:54:29

  Topics: air-transport, doctors-and-medical-professionals

• About 50 remote airstrips will be upgraded to boost safety image

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  ABC News

  Posted December 01, 2017 15:54:29

  Topics: air-transport, doctors-and-medical-professionals

• Cheaper to go to Bali: Regional airfares unreasonably high, report finds (photos)

  By Andrea Mayes

  Posted November 30, 2017 20:03:05 | Updated November 30, 2017 22:23:25

  The unreasonably high cost of regional airfares is adversely affecting the lives of people who live in outback areas, impeding tourism development and business growth, a parliamentary committee finds.

  Topics: air-transport, state-parliament, travel-and-tourism, wa

• Wingsuit fliers jump into flying plane

  Posted November 29, 2017 12:19:37 | Updated November 29, 2017 13:09:47

  Watch as two French daredevils turn boarding a plane into an extreme sport, making their entrance mid-air.

  Topics: air-transport, sport, extreme-sports, switzerland

• 150,000 people to evacuate Bali volcano, airport to remain closed

  By Indonesia correspondent Adam Harvey, wires

  Posted November 28, 2017 09:05:51 | Updated November 28, 2017 20:10:02

  Bali's Governor says about 150,000 people will leave their homes on the slopes of Mount Agung, while the island's main airport will close for another 24 hours due to ashfall.

  Topics: volcanic-eruption, disasters-and-accidents, travel-and-tourism, air-transport, indonesia, asia

• QantasLink cuts flight numbers to fix reliability

  By national rural reporter Brett Worthington

  Posted November 24, 2017 13:06:16 | Updated November 24, 2017 13:45:22

  QantasLink cuts flight numbers to combat cancellations in a bid to quell customer frustration over cancelled flights.

  Topics: air-transport, regional, tamworth-2340, parliament-house-2600, bundaberg-4670, townsville-4810, rockhampton-4700, canberra-2600, hobart-7000

• PM Tuilaepa's launch of Samoa Airways marks a turn away from overseas carriers Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  3min 36sec

  Posted November 16, 2017 07:30:00 | Updated November 16, 2017 12:46:14

  The new international carrier, Samoa Airways, have completed their maiden flight from Apia to Auckland.

  Topics: air-transport, pacific, samoa

• Emirates makes $20 billion purchase of Boeing Dreamliners

  Posted November 13, 2017 07:24:15 | Updated November 13, 2017 07:41:34

  Long-haul carrier Emirates purchases 40 American-made Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners at the Dubai Air Show, a $19.7 billion deal certain to please US President Donald Trump who has touted the plane's sales as a job creator in America.

  Topics: air-transport, business-economics-and-finance, united-arab-emirates, united-states

• 'Living under a superhighway': Residents angry over Hobart flight path changes

  By Rhiana Whitson

  Posted November 12, 2017 11:27:02 | Updated November 13, 2017 12:20:13

  How's the serenity? Not great according to Dunalley residents, who say they were not consulted about major flight path changes affecting communities still recovering from devastating bushfires.

  Topics: air-transport, community-and-society, connellys-marsh-7173, copping-7174, dunalley-7177

• Dr Caroline Hong and Mitch Boyle image

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  ABC News

  Posted November 10, 2017 16:26:13

  Topics: air-transport, bega-2550

• Community fears serenity will be shattered by trainee pilots

  ABC South East NSW

  By Bill Brown

  Posted November 10, 2017 16:26:13 | Updated November 10, 2017 17:03:09

  Hundreds of trainee pilots will be taking to the skies of a peaceful coastal valley in south-east New South Wales if a flying school plan gets the nod.

  Topics: regional, air-transport, air-pollution, bega-2550

• Samoa Airways set to fly first route to Auckland Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  4min 12sec

  Posted November 10, 2017 15:02:00 | Updated November 10, 2017 16:12:05

  There's anticipation in Apia ahead of tomorrow's arrival of a passenger jet that will fly Samoa Airways' first route to and from Auckland.

  Topics: air-transport, pacific, samoa

• Flight of the outback daredevils created aviation history

  ABC Goldfields

  By Rachel Day , Sam Tomlin and Laura Meachim

  Posted November 10, 2017 08:13:51 | Updated November 10, 2017 10:11:40

  Three Kalgoorlie students, a British daredevil and a plane that crashed twice in the same trip created aviation history in 1915.

  Topics: history, air-transport, air-force, kalgoorlie-6430, perth-6000

• Helicopter crash pilot 'recovering well' after tragedy that killed Roger Corbin

  By James Dunlevie, Ros Lehman and Tamara Glumac

  Posted November 09, 2017 17:06:59 | Updated November 23, 2017 09:47:38

  John Osborne, the 33-year-old pilot who survived a horror helicopter crash that killed veteran flight instructor Roger Corbin in Hobart, is "recovering well" after the ordeal, with a neighbour praising his compassion for those who need help.

  Topics: accidents, air-and-space, air-transport, disasters-and-accidents, cambridge-7170

• Hobart helicopter crash victim an instructor with 35 years' experience

  By Georgie Burgess and staff

  Posted November 08, 2017 10:32:50 | Updated November 09, 2017 15:15:09

  The family of prominent Hobart aviation operator Roger Corbin, killed in a helicopter crash at Hobart Airport on Tuesday, thank emergency personnel who rushed to his and a trainee pilot's aid following the chopper coming down from about 200 metres.

  Topics: emergency-incidents, air-transport, hobart-7000

• 'Violated, intimidated': Drone stalking several women in rural community

  ABC West Coast SA

  Posted November 02, 2017 17:27:48 | Updated November 03, 2017 13:13:50

  A group of women living in a rural community near Port Lincoln are being woken by a drone looking into their bedrooms at night.

  Topics: air-transport, laws, women, port-lincoln-5606

• Hopes for a tourism resurgence in Vanuatu as airport repairs wind up Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  3min 52sec

  Posted November 01, 2017 07:45:00 | Updated November 01, 2017 10:22:36

  There may be an end in sight to the long-running saga of the runway at Vanuatu's main airport, which Air New Zealand is still refusing to use nearly two years after they cancelled their weekly flight into Port Vila.

  Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, air-transport, pacific, vanuatu

• Polish plane's aborted landing in crosswind captured on video

  Posted October 31, 2017 19:22:56 | Updated November 01, 2017 06:53:12

  A passenger plane buffeted by heavy wind gusts bounces off the tarmac as it attempts to land in Salzburg, before returning to Germany without incident.

  Topics: travel-and-tourism, disasters-and-accidents, air-transport, weather, austria, germany

• Nose of plane carrying NBA team caves in after 'hitting bird'

  Posted October 29, 2017 12:47:44 | Updated October 29, 2017 19:38:37

  Players from the Oklahoma City Thunder are left dumbfounded after seeing the damage to their plane after disembarking Delta flight 8935.

  Topics: air-transport, basketball, sport, united-states

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