AUGUST 10, 2026: Air Vanuatu says it plans to resume domestic flights to various southern ports, including Aniwa (AWD) and Dillon’s Bay (DLY) in the last quarter of this year.

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AUGUST 10, 2026: The New Zealand Government says the creation of a new Civil Aviation Rule will cut red tape for regional airports by creating more flexible, cost-effective options to improve runway safety. Among the changes are shorter runway end safety area (RESA) lengths for smaller airports and streamlining the approvals process for proposed RESA lengths.

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AUGUST 10, 2026: Perth Airport (PER) has appointed Bravo Link (a joint venture between Fulton Hogan and West Coast Civil as the contractor to construct the airside component of its new airfield program, an important step towards enabling the future use of Perth’s new runway. The airside package includes the construction of new taxiways and associated services to connect the new runway to Airport Central.

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AUGUST 7, 2026: Airline and airport employees working around Vanuatu’s northern Torba Province have called for better digital infrastructure alongside planned redevelopments of physical aviation infrastructure, saying unreliable internet connections are creating difficulties for employees and passengers.

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AUGUST 7, 2026: Solomon Airlines CEO Matthew Findlay says his plan for his first 100 days in the role was overtaken by external events, including the Iranian War and consequent fuel prices rises. In a Solomon Star editorial, Findlay also says he “inherited a number of long standing stakeholder and fleet challenges that could not be wished away.”

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AUGUST 6, 2026: Alliance Aviation Services Limited, trading as Alliance Airlines, was put into a trading halt on the Australian Securities Exchange on the morning of August 6 (local time) after a 30% bump in its share price after the company told the market about its renegotiated wet-lease agreement with Qantas and organisational restructure.

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AUGUST 6, 2026: Brisbane Airport (BNE) processed a record 25,246,950 passengers in the 12 months to June 30, 2026, an increase of 1,017,009 passengers or 4% on the previous financial year. The final tally included 7,080,057 international and 18,166,893 domestic passenger movements.

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AUGUST 5, 2026: The Qantas Group and Japan Airlines have signed a binding agreement that will see the Qantas Group divest its 33.32% shareholding in Jetstar Japan through an AUD115 million share buyback. As a result, the Development Bank of Japan Inc. will acquire an equity interest in Jetstar Japan as a new shareholder, while Tokyo Century Corporation and Japan Airlines will maintain their existing shareholdings. While the deal remains subject to regulatory approvals, the parties expect to complete the transaction by the end of June 2027.

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AUGUST 5, 2026: Papua New Guinea’s National Airports Corporation has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Hela Provincial Government and the PNG Fire & Rescue Service to establish a dedicated fire station at Tari Airport (TIZ).

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AUGUST 4, 2026: Jetstar has appointed Cath O'Brien as Head of Commercial New Zealand. O’Brien joins Jetstar from the Board of Airline Representatives NZ (BARNZ), where she has worked as executive director since 2022.

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AUGUST 4, 2026: The Government of Western Australia will make available over AUD3.8 million in grants to support improvements to regional and remote airports through the 2027-29 Regional Airports Development Scheme (RADS). Open to regional and remote airport owners and leaseholders and offered every two years, the grants are generally for 50% of total project costs and applicants are encouraged to also seek funding from other government or private agencies towards their project/s.

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