1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: We understand that there's a historic flight which is going 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: to be arriving in Darwin. 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 2: I believe it's. 4 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: Actually tomorrow morning. And joining me on the line to 5 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: tell us a little bit more is well Darwin the 6 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: Northern Territory Airport Development Group. And joining us on the 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: line is Bruce Dale, who's the aviation development analyst. 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Bruce. 9 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 3: Good morning Katie. 10 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time this morning. Thanks 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: for joining us. 12 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: Tell us a bit more about this historic flight. Where's 13 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: it coming from? 14 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: Okay? So the flight is coming from Buenos Aires in Argentina. 15 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: It's going to fly south over Antarctica for heading acrossing 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 3: the Australian coast about the Great Australian Blank and it 17 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 3: will touch down tomorrow afternoon, just in time for a 18 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 3: fantastic darl And sunset. 19 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: Wow is this? 20 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: I mean? Have we ever had a flight arrived from 21 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: Argentina Argentina and go that way to get here? 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 3: No, not at all. It's actually historic on a couple 23 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 3: of levels. It's the first time there's ever been a 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 3: norm stop flight between South America and Darwin. It is 25 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 3: actually going to be Quantus's longest ever commercial flight we're 26 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 3: just going to fip out that Perth to Darwen, sorry, 27 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 3: that pers to London flight. And it's also the first 28 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 3: time that any airport in Australia or Asia has actually 29 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 3: had norn stop flights from all six habited continents of 30 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 3: the world, and it's the first for Darwen too. 31 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: Wow. 32 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: And so Bruce, I am of the understanding that this 33 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: is obviously one of those flights bringing people home that 34 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: will then go through Howard Springs. 35 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: Is that correct? 36 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: That correct? It is a repatriation flight, so one. 37 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: Of those repat flights. 38 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: How long is it going to take for that flight 39 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: to actually you know, in terms of flying. 40 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 3: Time, yes, it's going to be eighteen hour flight, so 41 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: it is quite a long way. But what they've I 42 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 3: guess what they've got to look forward so is they're 43 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: going to be flying over parts of the world which 44 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: probably people have never seen because Antarctic is so remote. 45 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 3: So it's one of those flights where you might want 46 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 3: the window season. Although it's eighteen hours, it will be 47 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 3: in some daylight the whole time because of course it 48 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 3: tracks over the South Pole, which is in daylight now right. 49 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: So it'll be daylight the whole time. That they're flying 50 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: for those eighteen hours. 51 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, so I hope you have your eye shades 52 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 3: ready if you are a plane to make flight. 53 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: That lot, well you might have. I mean, obviously you 54 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 2: would need them you get tired at some point. But 55 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 2: by the sounds of it, it's going to be pretty amazing. 56 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 2: It is a fairly spectacular flight, yes. 57 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 3: Yes, it is. So it's very rare to have flights 58 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 3: actually go over Antarctic continent itself, so it's fairly unique. 59 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 3: But Quantitas have had fantastic experience with like flight seeing 60 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 3: trips down to the Antarctic, so they are accustomed to 61 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 3: that part of world and they'll do it in amsolute safety. 62 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: What's led to the flight getting off the ground? 63 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 3: Okay, it's of course the repatriation process with Australian government 64 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 3: bringing everybody to how it springs, and they've just got 65 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 3: to bring Ozzie's home from all corners of the world. 66 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 3: So this is feeling the final piece of the jigsaw 67 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 3: puzzle for at least one part of the world for 68 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 3: OSSI used to get home. 69 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: And I know that you touched on this the first 70 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: time that Darwin's received flights from every continent. How are 71 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: you guys feeling out there at the airport. I mean, 72 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: is it pretty when we sort of realized that Covidook's unfolding, 73 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: I don't think that we probably anticipated that we'd have 74 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: more flights arriving from all these different locations than what 75 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: we'd ever imagined. 76 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, oh no, there is a bit of excitement 77 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 3: about I mean, I'm an airline industry work. Aviation industry 78 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 3: work in the past couple of years have been tough, 79 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: and this is just a cause to celebration, I think, 80 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 3: so to build to bring this together. It just shows 81 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 3: the resilience and the adaptability and tenacity of everybody working 82 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 3: in the aviation system. And sometimes you just need to 83 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 3: acknowledge what is historic and important and give yourselves, I think, 84 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 3: a little bit of a pat of the back for 85 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 3: doing a job well done. It keeping Australia connected. 86 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 2: What type of plane is that? 87 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: Okay, it's going to be a seven eight seven Dreamliner, 88 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 3: so that's quite OF's latest version. Wonderfully fuel efficient, great 89 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 3: for the environments and also some of the largest windows 90 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 3: in the world, so if you are flying and looking 91 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 3: over at those views, you won't miss a thing. 92 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: And we have had we've already had those Dreamliners fly 93 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 1: into Darwin, haven't we absolutely? 94 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 3: I mean, if you are a plane spot or at 95 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 3: least vaguely interested in keep an eye out for Emily. 96 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 3: That is the Dreamliner which is painted in the wonderful 97 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 3: colors from Alice Springs, you know, the Indigenous art program, 98 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 3: so it carries the anti culture around the world. It's 99 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 3: a fantastic piece of art. There you go, are given for. 100 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 2: The NT And so is it who's arriving on as 101 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 2: in what flight? 102 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: Is it? All? 103 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 2: What? 104 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: What plane is it that's going to be arriving tomorrow? 105 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: Is it Emily or is it someone else? No? 106 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 3: Unfortunately not. The name of the aeroplane is Great Barrier Reef. 107 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 3: I think it's nice a Quantas to do name the aircraft. 108 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 3: But this one is going to be called Great Area 109 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: of Barrier Reef and it will be in the standard 110 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 3: Quantus colors. 111 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: And how any idea how many passengers we're going to 112 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 2: have on the flight? 113 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 3: That will be determined actually once the aircraft in the air. Yeah, 114 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 3: but on average, the Repat flight's been taking about one 115 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty to one hundred and eighty passengers on 116 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 3: every Dreamline and it's come in. 117 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: And obviously, well, well, like we've touched on, it is 118 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: going to be going out or those passengers will be 119 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: going out there to Howard Springs. But g it is 120 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: pretty amazing where we're getting all of these flights, you know, 121 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: sort of coming from. And I know, I think there 122 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: was one even last week. I can't remember where it 123 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: had arrived from, but I thought, oh goodness, I didn't 124 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: even realize that we were receiving flights from those locations. 125 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, overall we've actually welcomed repat flights from fourteen 126 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 3: destinations around the world, so everything from as close as 127 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 3: Dilly to now as far as when it's are. 128 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: There, you go, well, pretty amazing stuff it is. It's 129 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 1: certainly going to be interesting and I'm sure there'll be 130 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: people keeping an eye out for that flight. What time 131 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: are we expecting it to fly overhead Bruce? 132 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 3: Okay, it's due to land at six forty in the evening. 133 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 3: But if you are interested, there's things like flight Radar 134 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 3: twenty four which where people can go and track and 135 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 3: if there's any updates, it will appear on the day 136 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: when airport website as well, so the actual arrival time 137 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 3: will be posted there. 138 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: Well, Bruce Dale, the aviation Development analyst for the airport, 139 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: we really appreciate your time this morning. 140 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for having a chat with us. 141 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 3: Thank you, Katie, it's my absolute pleasure. 142 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 2: Thank you. Have a great day. 143 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: And that number if you were keen to call through 144 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: eight nine four one one oh four nine. And how 145 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: interesting an eighteen hour flight sounds like it's going to 146 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: be a really interesting one. But then when you also 147 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: look at all of those different locations where we have 148 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 1: received flights from as part of these repatriation flights bringing 149 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: ossies back to the Northern Territory and then off to 150 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: wherever they are from originally. But yeah, really interesting stuff there.