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The aerobridge struck the Fiji Airways Boeing 737 late Saturday night at Brisbane Airport.

Brisbane aerobridges strike again, this time damaging a Fijian jet

In the third such accident in as many months, a Brisbane aerobridge has taken a swipe at a Fiji Airways plane, smashing into the cockpit.

  • Cameron Atfield

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The latest plan to reduce plane noise over Brisbane includes distributing flights more evenly over a wider area.

How the proposed flight path changes will affect your suburb

Sick of planes flying over your house? Airservices Australia has released its latest proposal for changes to flight paths to and from Brisbane Airport.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Two French women have appeared before the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged for their alleged roles in a failed plot to import 32kg of methamphetamine into Australia.

French women charged with smuggling $29m of meth into Australia

It’s the second time efforts to import drugs have been intercepted in Brisbane in as many weeks.

  • Courtney Kruk
Matt Finlay (left) and James Haddow from the Only Planes Network YouTube channel at Brisbane Airport. Pic supplied by Brisbane Airport.

Plane crazy: Brisbane Airport livestreams attract thousands

On any given day, they can be perched on top of the Brisbane Airport car park – cameras pointing at movements on the tarmac below – streaming to a worldwide audience.

  • Cameron Atfield
The Qantas aircraft windscreen was broken after the plane made contact with the passenger jet bridge at Brisbane Airport.

Qantas plane damaged after air bridge strike at Brisbane Airport

A spokesman said Qantas was investigating “how an aerobridge made contact with the front of one of our aircraft at Brisbane Airport”.

  • Felicity Caldwell and Cameron Atfield
Border Force has urged the Albanese government to invest more in the passport processing system. 

‘You are running a clown show’: Inside Australia’s airport chaos

Angry travellers have swamped Border Force with complaints about the SmartGate system being plagued by long delays and technical failures.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
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The new Brisbane Airport logo.

New look for Brisbane Airport

Brisbane Airport has released a new look to mark its centenary, retiring its existing branding 13 years after it was introduced.

  • Cameron Atfield

Qantas plane in urgent landing at Sydney after captain suffers chest pains

A first officer requested a priority landing at Sydney Airport on Monday morning as flight attendants prepared to use a defibrillator on the captain.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A random luggage search at San Francisco International Airport allegedly uncovered 21kg in methamphetamine en route to Brisbane.

Brisbane woman accused of hauling bags of meth for $15k and a free trip

The 25-year-old was allegedly caught with 21kg of drugs at San Francisco International Airport before she could get home.

  • Sean Parnell
Brisbane Airport workers will have to pay 820 per cent more than any other commuter to get to and from work.

Airtrain slugs Brisbane Airport workers with 114 per cent fare increase

All Airtrain fares to the airport will more than double next month, with airport workers hit the hardest.

  • Cameron Atfield

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