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Apparently it does have a extra 15 minutes of reserve power in addition to the 45 minutes and taxiing is done by a separate motor inside the single main wheel so taxing doesn’t effect the operating time/range.

Jetstar plans expansion at Avalon after signing new 10-year deal with Victorian government

Des says: So they were struggling to make a go of it with five daily flights to Sydney and now they are increasing to seven? I do believe there is good potential at Avalon but it would be good to know how many taxpayer dollars are going toward this venture?

Qantas international flights return to Perth with new Singapore services

jasontaylor says: I agree the A330-300 is by far the better option for a whole lot of reasons. Whilst I still believe the 737 is a start, maybe delete one of the daily Jetstar options (180 seats) and combine that capacity with the 160 odd seats of the 737 to justify the A330.

Makes sense to me to provide a far superior product with slightly less overall capacity on a daily daylight AM schedule ex PER, returning that daily PM. 2,100 seats a

It would presumably offer significant savings on ab-initio and circuit training.

week shouldn’t be too hard to fill. Then Qantas is competing close to like for like on most airlines.

Franz Chong says: The 738 is not that small. Think back to the 707 era when Qantas had those from Perth to Singapore. Roughly about the same size and also in two class basis. I think way too many of us over the years have been spoilt by Singapore Airlines with its superior service and generous meals to notice the difference.

It’s food for all on Virgin’s domestic network

Donna says: Lovely – a tomato and cheese finger sandwich prepared early in the day for an afternoon flight – maybe they really want us to buy the other food?

Air NZ celebrates 75 years of flying

Simon Watts says: Traveled to Taronga Zoo on the ferry on Sunday – what a treat to see the whole upper deck full of business class seats.

Congratulations Air New Zealand.

First RAAF F-35 pilot qualifies

Paul says: Nice helmet! All he needs now is a grey stealth flightsuit… PHS says: Well done Jacko!

ATSB conducts fresh survey of ditched Pel-Air jet

Ben says: Fair enough to re-open the investigation but I want to know two things: 1) What useful information do Xenophon et al think will be retrieved from the flight recorders that is not already known to the ATSB; and 2) How much will this retrieval cost?