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Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
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UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
On this special episode of the Australian Aviation Podcast, Alan Joyce speaks exclusively to Jake Nelson in a no-holds-barred interview on the big decisions, the accomplishments, and the controversies of his time as CEO of Qantas Group, and what he feels his legacy will be.
The Kiwi flag carrier lost NZ$242 million after tax, with a pre-tax loss of NZ$336 million ($278 million), driven by high fuel costs from the Iran conflict, ongoing engine issues, increased aviation system costs, and a “peak aircraft maintenance year”.
Jetstar airport operations workers represented by the Australian Services Union will vote on a range of industrial actions, including work stoppages, uniform compliance bans, and waiving or zeroing out sales-related fees such as excess baggage charges.
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Australia’s second largest airline group reported underlying EBIT of $753 million for FY25–26, up 13.4 per cent in 2025, with underlying net profit after tax of $404 million, an increase of 21.9 per cent; statutory NPAT was up a more modest 4.7 per cent to $501 million.
The 6,300 sqm facility, which will train more than 10,000 pilots and cabin crew every year, integrates both widebody and narrowbody training facilities including replica cabins, door trainers, virtual reality equipment, a multi-storey escape slide and rafts, and classrooms.
A total of 12 additional 787s are on order for the Flying Kangaroo, alongside 16 A321XLRs configured for international and transcontinental travel. These A321XLRs will feature the first lie-flat business class seats on a Qantas narrow-body aircraft, and will begin arriving from 2028.
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