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Robyn Ironside is The Australian’s aviation writer, and has twice been recognised by the Australasian Aviation Press Club (in 2020 and 2023) as the best aviation journalist. She has been with The Australian since 2018, and covered aviation for News Corp since 2014 after previously reporting on Queensland state politics and crime with The Courier-Mail.

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Qantas pilots preparing for the second Project Sunrise test flight from London to Sydney on November 14. Picture: Supplied

Aid package flies by the seat of its pants

An aviation support package has proven to be light on key details such as who will get a weekly allowance when JobKeeper ends and how much it will be.

Robyn Ironside

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Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Sonya Bennett providing COVID-19 update, Saturday, March 13, 2021 - Picture: Richard Walker

Medical probe into Brisbane mystery infection

Queensland investigates its hospital transmission and injured Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews releases his first picture since leaving intensive care.

Jess Malcolm

‘WILL THEY SLEEP ON THE BEACH?’Politics

DPFEKC Tourists riding on camels on Cable Beach, Broome, Western Australia, Australia, Pacificescapenovember 22 2020my hols - Roxane Dhand

Cheap flights ‘aimed at wrong places’

Tourism chiefs say $1.2bn revival package misses the mark: places like Broome were already booked solid.

Joe Kelly and Robyn Ironside

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Passengers from Qantas Flight arriving from Perth at Sydney are screened by NSW Health before entering quarantine. Photo Jeremy Piper

Travel hopes lift after Qantas tech test success

Qantas says it has successfully trialled technology that could allow Australians to travel internationally again.

Robyn Ironside

Price slashAviation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 10, 2021: A virgin Australia plane pictured taking off at Sydney Airport.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Airlines rush in to cut airfares

Airlines are already slashing prices in response to interest in taxpayer-subsidised half-price airfares.

Robyn Ironside

Tourism and hospitalityPolitics

11/03/2021: Riverlife Brisbane owner , John Sharpe, with worker Jacinta Yann a supervisor, at their business on the river in the Brisbane CBD . John thinks it's great for the regions but is hoping there will be another package for city-based businesses . Lyndon Mechielsen/ The Australian

Cheap tickets ‘won’t save jobs’

A $1.2bn package to supercharge domestic travel has been condemned, with the tourism and hospitality industries saying it will ‘leave Sydney and Melbourne for dead’.

Rosie Lewis and Robyn Ironside

Flying highAviation

Qantas aircraft are seen at Sydney Airport, Thursday, 24 December 2020. Authorities are urgently investigating how a Qantas crew member contracted Covid-19 after arriving in Darwin from Paris and then flying to Sydney without being tested or quarantined. Federal health authorities are working with Qantas to understand how the man, who landed in Darwin on 17 December after working on a repatriation flight from Paris, became infected. Picture - Sam Mooy/The Australian Newspaperescape january 17 2021doc holiday

Un-fare support ‘a Qantas bailout’

Airlines say $1.2bn support package is fantastic news with 800,000 discounted fares on offer. Tourism chiefs disagree.

Robyn Ironside

PLEA TO OPEN UPAviation

28/02/2021: Virgin customer service agent Michaela Curtis helps passengers as they disembark their flight from Sydney, at The Sunshine Coast Airport, Marcoola, Sunshine Coast. The airport is one of several around the country riding a wave of COVID success, with passenger traffic already back to pre-COVID levels thanks to a string of new routes to the tourist hotspot. . Lyndon Mechielsen/ The Australian

Airlines urge states to keep borders open

Airlines are anticipating an announcement of financial assistance beyond JobKeeper but say open borders would help the most.

Robyn Ironside

AviationAviation

Where have all the A380s gone?

Fewer than 10 of the 246 Airbus A380 superjumbos built are still flying. What happened to the others? Will they ever return?

Robyn Ironside

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ESCAPE: Australian skiing. Jennifer Ennion story. AUST SKI STORY - Thredbo skiing. Thredbo has some of the steepest runs in Australia. Credit: Thre

Brisbane direct flights to ski fields from $239

There will soon be five flights a week from Brisbane to southern ski field towns with Qantas expecting a bumper season.

Robyn Ironside

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