👤 Chris Zappone

19 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
19
2026-09-05 – 2026-11-01
Claims per article
39
735 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,465
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Other
42%
Economy/Business
21%
Technology
16%
Crime & Law
5%
Entertainment
5%
Politics
5%
Most-tagged topics
QantasAustraliaSydneyWSIJetstarMelbourneVirginBrisbane

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
Rogue pilots may be the most dangerous threat to passengers. They’re ‘just about impossible’ to stop
31 outlets covered this event
2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Starlink’s growing influence has one big point of failure
24 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald · World
How cheap drones are upending the big business of defence
7 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Other
Bed bugs ground Qantas Rome-to-Perth flight
5 outlets covered this event
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Other
‘Glad we checked our tickets’: First international flight departs Western Sydney
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Other
‘Historic day for aviation’: First flight from Western Sydney departs today
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald
How cheap drones are upending the big business of defence
🔮 Economist John Maynard Keynes believed governments could solve economic problems through massive, sustained spending on production. assertive
2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Qantas ground staff set to strike over ‘Joyce-era’ bargaining agreements
🔮 An additional 100 workers for domestic logistics company Australian air Express (AaE) are expected to strike on Wednesday and Thursday next week, the TWU said. assertive
2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Need a hazmat suit’: Virgin flight attendants are sick of cleaning dirty planes
🔮 Reed said that after cleaning cabins, the same crew will serve food on the subsequent flight. assertive
2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Qantas announces when Sydney-New York non-stop flights will start
🔮 Qantas has announced its direct flights to New York will begin from Sydney in mid-2028, connecting Australia and the east coast of the US with non-stop air travel for the first time. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Squeezed skies: How avoiding war zones is driving up the cost of your flight
🔮 Australian Travel Industry Association’s Dean Long says: “One of the things we’ve definitely found is that the cheapest fare will be putting you into different airspace at a different level of risk. assertive
2026-09-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald
A new route to Europe? How Hawaiian Airlines could forge fresh path for Australians
🔮 They will sit alongside Delta, United, American and Southwest. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Inside the building of a Boeing 737 – from scratch
🔮 Based in Everett, Washington, the North Line will expand Boeing’s capacity to build 737 MAX-family jets to meet market demand, including a current order backlog of 4300. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Rogue pilots may be the most dangerous threat to passengers. They’re ‘just about impossible’ to stop
🔮 The near-tragic incident with the Tel Aviv-bound flydubai jet has the industry scrambling to manage what could be best described as the ultimate nightmare for passengers and airlines – what do you do if the pilot goes rogue? assertive
2026-10-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Pearl Harbour and Hawaii’s connection to Qantas’ Double Sunrise
🔮 Honolulu is where Qantas took its first delivery of the long-range planes that the “Flying Kangaroo” would later enable the Double Sunrise flights - at a distance of 6480 km between Perth and Ceylon, keeping Australia connected with the UK during World War II. assertive
2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Greg Norman just took a bite out of Qantas. Does he have a point?
🔮 Norman, a former brand ambassador for Qantas, would have waited in Sydney in some comfort. assertive
2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Bed bugs ground Qantas Rome-to-Perth flight
🔮 The Perth-Rome route is a popular non-stop flight that attracts passengers from the east coast who are willing to pay a premium for the direct connection between Australia and Italy. assertive
2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Starlink’s growing influence has one big point of failure
🔮 The entity in question is Elon Musk, whose satellite-delivered internet business has mostly been a hit with the public, many of whom may now have to rethink their position. assertive
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Western Sydney Airport makes play for premium travellers
🔮 The 80-seat mezzanine-level facility, set to open next month, will initially serve Singapore Airlines passengers travelling through Australia’s newest airport. assertive
2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Drones as first responders: welcome to the future of policing
🔮 “So if you’re a member of the public who sees a drone flying in an area that a BRINC DFR product is being deployed in, you could Google that, find the agency, find the flight,” he said. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald
VietJet’s domestic ambitions dealt a blow after court orders global asset freeze
🔮 In the latest case, the business and property division of Britain’s High Court heard how VietJet has resisted paying, and even halted flights of aircraft to Singapore where they would have been seized under court orders. assertive
2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Slow burn’: Western Sydney Airport’s real challenge awaits after launch
🔮 Once Western Sydney International Airport opens on Sunday, the true strength of demand for flights from Australia’s newest airport will start to show. assertive
2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Historic day for aviation’: First flight from Western Sydney departs today
🔮 The first commercial flight from Australia’s newest international airport will take off this morning from Western Sydney International, bound for the Gold Coast. assertive
2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Glad we checked our tickets’: First international flight departs Western Sydney
🔮 It marks the start of the airline’s travel to WSI, where it will fly three times weekly from Auckland. assertive
2026-11-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Soaring jet fuel prices are a headwind for Australia’s newest airport
🔮 “Routes that may have been marginal, for some time that have been subsidised by more profitable routes, are really being examined closely and capacity reduced on some of those routes. assertive
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