For 27 years the Lord Howe flying boats always delivered passengers safely, thanks to the engineers who kept them in the air and on the water. This is the remarkable story of Noel Holle, Ansett’s Chief Maintenance Inspector.
SESLHD Chief Executive Leisa Rathborne and Director of Nursing Kate Hackett visited the Island to tour the hospital, present RN Karen Giles with her 50 years of service award, and meet the community and the Board about equipment, dental visits and aged care.
The Program will provide the Lord Howe Island Board with improvements to essential infrastructure which are critical to day-to-day services and operations.
My team has spent the past year mapping the impact of rising freight costs, technological labour shocks, and shifting consumption patterns across Australia’s regional economies. Of all the locations we studied, Lord Howe Island stood out, not because it is unstable, but because it is so finely balanced that small changes offshore are now having disproportionate effects onshore.
On Friday, 16th May, the last QantasLink flight rolled into Lord Howe at around 2.45pm piloted by senior QantasLink captains, Mark Nesbitt and Jarrod Seen. This flight marked the end of an era that began on the 1st of June, 1991, when VH-TQP an aircraft owned by Eastern Australia Airlines - arrived at Lord Howe bearing passengers, freight and mail from Sydney.
Skytrans officials, Gytis Gumuliauskas (CEO) and Richard George (Commercial Officer), made a quick visit to Lord Howe Island on the 22nd & 23rd May, to brief the Lord Howe Island Tourism Association and Island residents on Skytrans’ progress in taking over Sydney/Lord Howe RPT service from QantasLink.
