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Q400 flights can't happen until the terminal upgrade is completed next year.

Time for a bit of an update... Most days there are two return flights per day, but it's been a bit patchy of late with several flights cancelled or diverted due to low cloud and poor weather at Bendigo Airport. Quite frustrating for some travellers. Loadings not as high as a month ago, but...

Big announcement last week on new Terminal Building: https://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/About/Media-Releases/flying-high-funds-secured-bendigo-airport-terminal-expansion

Twice daily services are back up and running after Lockdown 4.0. Mostly using Dash 8-200 aircraft, although last Friday's evening service had 40 on board a -300.

An interesting one overnight - QF1401 Syd-Mildura was cancelled and combined with QF1407 to Bendigo. i.e. SYD-BXG-MIL. This morning it was the reverse: MIL-BXG-SYD.

Yeah, typically 25-30+ on each flight at present. There was a bit of a delay the other week when the prop hit a fruit bat on final approach into Bendigo (they are in plague proportions atm). The next morning's flight was delayed 3 hours until given the all-clear by an engineer....

Getting loadings up around 80% either side of weekends now. In both directions. At the end of the month it goes to 7 days/week with the old timetable, and in May it looks like a few midday flights each week as well.

Despite erratic border closures, snap lockdowns etc etc, passenger numbers are picking up on the SYD-BGO service. Mostly 3-4 return flights per week at present but some planes are seeing decent loadings. Encouraging.

Here's QLK1410 taking off from Bendigo Airport yesterday in rather cold and blustery weather. Apparently it'll be going back to the original schedule from February (arrive BXG 19:15, depart 6:30 the next morning).

Sounds like flights are starting again to Bendigo on December 7. And going with the daytime SYD-BXG 9:30, and 12:00 BXG-SYD roundtrip too.

Some shenanigans on the Sydney-Bendigo route this week.... QLK1407 on Sunday night was cancelled. Replaced with QLK1409 which arrived 14:25 on Monday afternoon. QLK1408 formed from QLK1409 which was delayed for a few hours due to an intense rainstorm over Bendigo airport. Last night's...

3 more weekly return flights commence on March 30. Will run Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Basically a midday turnaround in Bendigo (ex- Sydney 10:30, ex-Bendigo 12:30): https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/regional-victoria-the-winner-as-qantaslink-launches-more-flights/...

The service is proving so popular around weekends that a second flight has been scheduled today. QLK 1409 is heading to Bendigo from Sydney this morning, and QLK1410 (with passengers, since I checked ticketing), returning at 11:20. Anecdotally, flights around the weekend are full, and mid-week...

QLK 1408 from Bendigo cancelled this morning.

Well this morning's QLK1408 has been cancelled. It was a -2 degC too. It hasn't been a great week.