Tag: Airport
Regional Express backs safety culture as former engineer’s complaint surfaces
REGIONAL Express Airlines (Rex) has continued to back its safety culture, despite allegations which surfaced from a former engineer's complaint to the Civil Aviation...
OPINION: Airport upgrade will boost local economy
TWO questions loom large following this week’s Federal Government $3.5m contribution to provide major upgrading of the Mount Gambier Airport.
Firstly, what will be the...
Airport overhaul celebrated as funds granted
THE $9.2m Mount Gambier Airport project will deliver a modern new terminal for passengers and pave the way for growth in the charter aircraft...
City airport funding bid aims high
THE proposed $9.2 Mount Gambier Airport upgrade is yet to be secured with the Federal Government still weighing up funding the strategic infrastructure project.
With...
Close call in two car crash
A MAN and a woman have escaped injury after being involved in a crash on Airport Road on Tuesday aftenoon, which left one car...
Wattle Range refuses to co-fund airport upgrade
WATTLE Range Council has unanimously rejected a last minute bid to contribute to the multi-million dollar Mount Gambier Airport Redevelopment Project[...]
City Council backs airport overhaul
MOUNT Gambier City Council will commit $500,000 to the redevelopment of Mount Gambier Airport if Grant District Council's revised application for federal funding is...
Revised airport proposal presented to stakeholders
A REVISED proposal for the redevelopment of the Mount Gambier Airport was presented to local government stakeholders this week ahead of finalising an application...
Bell “stunned” over response to public boycott threat
MEMBER for Mount Gambier Troy Bell says he is stunned with the response from Regional Express regarding his concerns over a lack of customer...
Service spiral – MP to boycott REX airlines
A FURIOUS Member for Mount Gambier Troy Bell will boycott aviation carrier Regional Express to protest over what he claims is "appalling" customer service...
Airport fails to land project funds
THE $9m redevelopment of the Mount Gambier Airport has stalled after failing to secure key Federal Government funding.[...]
City airport future up in air
GRANT District Council has not ruled out privatising the Mount Gambier Airport as part of a fresh investigation into the regional airfield's future.
The decision...