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July school holidays have led to bigger queues in Sydney (@joshgnosis) Sydney Airport is ranked in the 10th worst airport in the world for flight cancellations and flight delays, as weather and “technical issues” saw bigger, tortuous queues on Monday. According to new data released by FlightAware, Sydney Airport is sixth in the 10 worst airports for cancellations, having recorded a cancellation rate of 5.9 percent over the past two months. Australia’s largest gateway was also named number nine on the list of worst airports for flight delays, with 34.2 per cent of all flights delayed in the past two months. The worst global competitors for cancellations include Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, which have all seen more than 7 percent of flight cancellations since May, while Toronto Pearson International Airport was named the worst airport for delays, with more than 50 percent. of all delayed flights. The news comes after S

Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station has been delayed by nearly a month because the Falcon 9 booster was damaged during transport. The Crew-5 mission — the fifth of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program — will now launch no earlier than September 29. The launch was supposed to start in early September, meaning the mission has been delayed by nearly a month. The revised schedule will allow SpaceX to “complete hardware processing,” according to a NASA statement. SpaceX is preparing a Falcon 9 booster for its maiden voyage, but obstacles along the way have resulted in some extra work and scheduling changes, as NASA explains: SpaceX removed and replaced the rocket interstage and some onboard instrumentation after hardware was damaged during transportation from SpaceX’s production plant in Hawthorne, California, to the company’s McGregor test facility in Texas for stage testing. The SpaceX team completed – and the NASA team reviewed – load, shock, and struct

A former Qantas baggage handler has exposed the chaos behind the scenes as the airline struggles to save its sinking reputation with travelers experiencing long delays and flight cancellations. The man who chose not to be named claimed that after 1,800 baggage handlers were laid off during the Covid-19 period and work was outsourced to third-party contractors, baggage was left in rooms for weeks and even planes broke down. “Yeah, when the pandemic hit, we got JobKeeper for a while and were given enforced redundancy,” he told Nine’s Today Show. ‘Many men don’t want to go. Many older men with more than 35, 30 years experience, they don’t know how to apply for jobs online. So it affects older people. An unnamed former Qantas baggage handler said the airline had suffered since it fired its experienced ground crew and replaced them with inexperienced contract workers. The former Qantas employee said morale plummeted after experienced baggage handlers were let go and performanc

With all states on school holidays starting tomorrow, people traveling to see relatives or fleeing to warmer climates can expect to see delays at airports. Key points: Adelaide Airport is expected to pass 30,000 people today Travelers are advised to arrive two hours before domestic flights and three hours before international flights Dozens of flights have been canceled due to weather disturbances and staff shortages Today is expected to be the busiest day at some airports since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with school holidays starting in South Australia and Tasmania — and ending in Queensland and Victoria. NSW is in the middle of its school holidays. At Adelaide Airport, 30,000 people are expected to pass through the terminal today, which is busier than before the pandemic and higher than previous peaks over Easter. The airport’s managing director, Brenton Cox, said Monday and Thursday are also expected to be busy, peaking on July 22 – the last Friday of the South Australian s