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Delve into the May installment of our In Focus report. We look back at how the aviation sector has handled crisis in the past, and look further into recent concerns for Virgin Australia and our industry.
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Phil Tarrant
Welcome to the May instalment of Australian Aviation In Focus, a great new initiative we launched last month for our subscribers to allow deep dive analysis of the issues impacting aviation Where do I start… The genesis of In Focus was the need to deliver immediate interpretation of the big stories making headlines on Australian
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Screw it, let’s do it, says Branson – but is he still the man to save Virgin Australia and Atlantic?
Despite being only a 10 per cent shareholder, the British billionaire seems particularly wounded by the collapse of Virgin Australia and his savaged reputation at home and abroad. Adam Thorn asks whether one of aviation’s big beasts has one more comeback left in him Virgin Australia Group’s decision to enter voluntary administration was confirmed to
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Grounded planes. Fuming unions. Government intervention. Qantas’ brush with disaster 10 years ago sounds more familiar than we may care to admit. There’s a line from one of Geoffrey Thomas’ articles that, lost in the middle of the coronavirus crisis as we are, jams in your head like a door stop: “This dispute is about
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The so-called slow bake of Qantas started in earnest in February with the airline dismissing a claim from the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) that Qantas flightdeck crew job security is imperiled as “completely unfounded”, while warning that the pilots’ wage requests are not viable Brought to you by the Australian Aviation Dec 2011
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Brought to you by the Australian Aviation Dec 2011 Archives Understanding the issues behind the Qantas crisis The long running dispute between Qantas and three of its key unions representing long haul pilots, engineers, and baggage handlers and caterers is actually not about whether its staff are worthy of pay increases or improved conditions, it’s
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Ellis Taylor
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Christopher Tipler
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Simon Bourke, Acting Chief Executive, Australian Airports Association
The Australian Airports Association recently heard from one regional airport that is faring better than others in this time of COVID-19 They still have air services to their community, although there are fewer flights, fewer passengers and more freight these days. They are working hard to keep the airport open to keep essential services going
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