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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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Canberra Airport has erected them ahead of Friday's national cabinet meeting, in the hope of increasing pressure on premiers to reopen borders.

Fly in, take note: Jobs on the line

Canberra Airport boss leads calls for a clear plan for border reopenings, in order to reignite travel demand.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos August, 20, 2020Photo of Quantas CEO Alan Joyce at the Qantas press conference at 10 Bourke Road Mascot.Picture: NCA NewsWire/Flavio Brancaleone

Joyce tips higher fares after pandemic

Alan Joyce says higher airfares are likely in a post-COVID world as airlines seek to return to profitability.

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A supplied digital render obtained on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, of a proposed Uber Air aircraft. Melbourne will join Dallas and Los Angeles as the third city to test Uber Air flights from 2020, with plans for commercial operations to start from 2023. (AAP Image/Supplied, Uber) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Submissions sought on drones policy

A national policy on emerging aviation technologies should pave the way for greater use of drones and ‘flying vehicles’.

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No check flight before fatal chopper crash

A helicopter that crashed in Broome killing two people was on its first flight since undergoing a maintenance inspection.

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28/06/2020. Arriving international passenger are helped onto buses at Sydney airport by ADF, police and airport security. The passengers who arrived on Singapore airlines and Cathay Pacific will be bused to participating hotels for mandatory C-19 quarantining for two weeks. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Flights halted over arrival caps

Australians trying to get home from overseas face an even greater challenge in coming months, amid calls to ease quarantine rules.

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Two Regional Express (REX) Airlines Fokker turboprop planes on the tarmac at the Cairns Airport. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Rex thanks for ‘saving’ regional aviation

Rex has lavished praise on the federal government after $62m worth of grants reduced the airline’s financial losses.

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Qantas airport baggage handlers wearing protective gear while the supervisor (Not Sure) but looks as if he was giving orders was not wearing any protective gear at all and was not practising safe distance rules.Thursday April 2 2020.PIC SUPPLIED

Qantas taps another $500m

Qantas has raised another $500m to boost its cash reserves and cover a $400m debt due next year.

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Ellume Health founder and Managing director Sean Parsons has devised a product undergoing clinical trials that diagnoses Influenza. Pic Jono Searle.

Antibody test lab has designs on going global

Brisbane lab plans major expansion to produce 15-million COVID tests a month.

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26/5/20:L Mike Murphy, Bain Australia CEO. Mike is one of the bidders for Virgin Australia. John Feder/The Australian.

Virgin reads riot act to unions

Virgin Australia’s prospective new owners have warned unions they will not get a say in who is on the airline’s board of directors.

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New Cessna Citation Sovereign+ Demonstration Tour - 4 March at Bankstown Airpor Picture: Supplied

Viral charter flights hit record heights

One sector of the aviation industry has set a new record in the COVID crisis as charter flights take off.

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