Tag: Mount Gambier Airport
Airport development hits runway
THE $9.2m redevelopment of the Mount Gambier Airport has started to take flight with the first earthworks getting under way at the commercial airfield.
Leader...
Heat stress for primary producers
THE Mount Gambier district's fluctuating weather patterns over summer have played havoc with some sections of the agricultural industry, according to pork and honey...
Domestic aviation report highlights 3pc upward passenger number swing
MOUNT Gambier Airport is the second best regional performing commercial airfield in South Australia amid a steady lift in passenger numbers.
The airport recorded nearly...
Flight claim rejected
Claims made by South Australian Senator Rex Patrick alleging Grant District Council is pursuing Qantas services to Mount Gambier are "untrue", council chief executive...
OPINION: ‘playing the man’ never sits well with the public
By Graham Greenwood
IT was about 1977 when a reporter from The Border Watch was sitting in a ministerial car travelling from the Mount Gambier...
Passengers numbers lift
PASSENGER numbers at Mount Gambier Airport have started to climb following the introduction of the Regional Express community fare.
New figures released by Grant District...
Charter flight under scrutiny
THE Australian Transport Safety Bureau has launched a formal investigation into the charter aircraft incident that unfolded at Mount Gambier Airport on Saturday.
New details...
Volunteer firefighters happy to be alive
REGIONAL volunteer firefighters on-board a charter plane are lucky to have escaped serious injury following a dramatic incident at the Mount Gambier Airport.
Five volunteer...
‘Elsie’ has left the building
A SPECIAL visitor stopped in at the Mount Gambier Airport yesterday on her way to Adelaide for the 2018/19 fire season.
Elsie the $30m and...
Flight fright investigated
REGIONAL Express says its engineers are working to determine whether a sensor malfunction is responsible for Friday's emergency landing at the Mount Gambier Airport.
Flight...
Region flourishes
NEW figures show the agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors have an output of nearly $560m in the Grant district, which is closely followed by...
Airport power outage
THE Mount Gambier Airport terminal was without power for around two hours today due to an undetermined fault. Electricity at the terminal was cut off at 8.43am and restored by SA Power Networks maintenance crews at 11.30am[...]
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2024 Group Training Employment Apprenticeship and Trainee Awards
LIMESTONE Coast apprentices and trainees have been recognised at the Group Training Employment’s (GTE) annual Apprentice and Trainee of the Year Awards.
This year’s...
