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Thursday 18 September saw 2,799 flights, the highest since 2019, with Brisbane setting an all-time record at 617 movements on 26 September driven by school holidays and major football finals, according to Airservices Australia’s Australian Aviation Network Overview report for last month.
According to reports this week in The Wall Street Journal, the planemaker’s CEO, Kelly Ortberg, met with Rolls-Royce officials in the UK earlier this year to discuss engine options for the aircraft, while “a person familiar with the plans” said Boeing is designing a flight deck for a new narrow-body.
As reported in The Australian, 21-year-old Courtney Sewell said she felt forced to resign from her part-time work for Emirates with dnata at Perth Airport earlier this year after a sexual harassment complaint against a male co-worker was closed with no disciplinary action.
More than 50 workers, who sort and deliver incoming and outgoing international freight, walked off the job on Monday following a 24-hour strike at the end of August. According to the union, DHL has not offered a fair deal that accounts for cost of living and brings pay in line with interstate workers.
IATA will be looking for next week’s Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to lift the age from 65 to 67, after it was last increased from 60 in 2006. The peak airline body says this move “reflects longer, healthier careers while keeping safety safeguards in place”.
Several aerospace professionals and companies are in the running for the awards, including three finalists in the AI Innovator - Aerospace Sector category.
