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Which is misleading to customers.

A full, and I mean full explanation in layman’s terms needs to be given to the paying public.

If applications which can be used on smart phones can show flights landing and taking off from an airport that is supposed to be closed gives rise to the question “Why?” Dane says: Individual airlines probably apply their own risk management to the situation.

Some airlines like Garuda may have data saying the ash cloud isn’t too dense and are willing to accept the risk of flying into Denpasar.

Australian airlines probably err on the side of caution and simply won’t fly into known ash and put lives unnecessarily at risk.

Would you want to be on the aircraft flying through the ash when everything goes quiet? Probably not.

Virgin converts 737-800 orders to the MAX

Damian says: Agree that ‘fleet commonality’ is always a sensible goal.

But in the end if you crunch the numbers and if it is cheaper to operate a mixed fleet, as a (long-suffering) VA shareholder I’m all for having as many types as there are letters in the alphabet if it works out cheaper.

Agree that there are tax advantages in depreciation but there are at least three caveats to these ‘advantages’: 1.

Depreciation does represent a loss of value, so you are losing

Most importantly tax write-offs are really only of benefit if you are making profits and paying tax.

money it, is not a magical phenomenon; 2.

Depreciation usually is only claimable by an asset owner.

If you are leasing something I’m not sure the lessee claims it (they would in a de facto way because the depreciation is factored in to the deductible leasing rate); 3.

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and most importantly tax write-offs are really only of benefit if you are making profits and paying tax.

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Badgerys Creek to start with buses as only public transport option

Ric says: Ah yes, I remember it well, it was the 1960s and Tullamarine Airport was under construction.

There were great plans to build a monorail into Melbourne, right down the centre of the Tullamarine Freeway.

Here we are nearly 50 years later, no monorail, no rail, no FREEway, just buses and reducing travel times! Ah politicians are just made of promises…

Qantas chief says Jetstar Hong Kong decision sends worrying signals about rise of protectionism

Matt says: Good to see commentators checking their commonsense at the door when it comes to Qantas.

Some things never change.

Network Aviation becomes QantasLink

Greg says: It’s the battle of the updated 1960s twinjets.

DC-9 (B717) vs F28 (F100).

Have times changed that much?