Transport & Logistics

Virgin Australia chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka has resigned, after leading the company through administration and the COVID-19 pandemic over the past four years.

Qantas will ground flights from Port Hedland to Brisbane due to low demand, just four months after launching the service.

Union-affiliated Network Aviation pilots will double their strike action from three days to six, as their dispute with parent company Qantas over an enterprise agreement escalates.

A Rio Tinto autonomous train has derailed in the Pilbara this week, with the incident currently under investigation by the iron ore miner.

Premier Roger Cook has urged Qantas and the union representing pilots at its WA subsidiary, Network Aviation, to resolve their differences ahead of planned strike action later this week.

Further disruption could hit air routes servicing the state’s mining and resources sectors this week, as an industrial dispute between unions and a Qantas subsidiary escalates.

The private operator of Port Hedland’s airport is still seeking a carrier to resume international flights to Bali, two months after it was hoped they would commence.

Flights on Western Australian Qantas subsidiary airline Network Aviation are disrupted today as strike action organised by the Australian Federation of Air Pilots goes ahead.

Machinery dealership CJD Equipment still has its founders at the wheel.

Pilots working for Western Australia-based Qantas subsidiary Network Aviation could walk off the job later this week as part of an ongoing enterprise agreement dispute.

Curfews imposed by local governments are among the constraints affecting freight productivity by as much as 20 per cent, according to WA’s peak trucking lobby.

The federal government expects to open applications for shipping companies to join a national strategic fleet capable of servicing regions impacted by emergencies and national crises mid-year.

Stevedore giant DP World has reached an in-principle four-year agreement with the union, ending a protracted period of disruptive industrial action at ports including Fremantle.

Transport companies have swooped in on bus depots in Canning Vale and Midvale.

WorkSafe has charged Toll Transport with failing to provide a safe environment after a worker was left with permanent leg injuries at the company’s Perth Airport premises.

The Mandurah Estuary Bridge duplication project has blown out from $110 million to $136 million, due to multiple factors.

Ongoing industrial issues at Fremantle Port between DP World and the Maritime Union of Australia is impacting WA's economy by $10.7 million per week, CCIWA has warned.

Federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke refused to step in the ongoing ports dispute despite DP World’s calls for government intervention.

Belmont-based NRW Contracting has been selected as preferred contractor to design and construct two new bridged interchanges on Reid Highway.

DP World estimates around 50,000 containers are backlogged due to industrial action by workers, despite the Maritime Union of Australia’s move not to enact longer strikes.

Operations have stopped at major Australian ports, including Fremantle, as workers of one of the country's biggest ports operators continue union-led industrial action.

Thai Airways has announced that it will return with a daily Boeing 787 Perth service to Bangkok from March 31, with bookings now open.

One of the country’s biggest ports operators has called on the federal government to step in to an ongoing dispute it claims is costing $84 million a week.

South African Airways is returning to Perth from April 28 offering an initial three flights a week.

Early patron data indicates Western Australians have gotten behind public transport during the Christmas-New Year period.

Regional WA is set to receive a boost, following additional transport funding from the state government.

The first train has graced the tracks of the Metronet Yanchep rail extension today, after a test train was deployed on the delayed transport project.

Michael Parker is overseeing the biggest change to Fremantle Port in the harbour’s 125-year history

Major airlines are buying more planes and offering new services from Perth.

Virgin Australia has reached a deal with a union and airline association on a cabin crew enterprise agreement, thus averting a chaotic strike over the holiday season.

WA freight rail network manager Arc Infrastructure has unveiled an Australian-first prototype autonomous rail wagon designed for potential use in the future Westport network.

A preferred site and location have been revealed for the state’s multi-billion-dollar Westport development, but exact costs and revised project timelines remain unclear.