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The Flying Kangaroo dominated the headlines again this week in the aftermath of its Project Sunrise A350 order, as well as a major bid to take over Alliance Aviation, and a loss in court.
In this episode of the Australian Aviation Podcast, hosts Adam Thorn and Hannah Dowling discuss Qantas’ moves this week, and the possibility of a more sinister story bubbling underneath.
Plus, the team fleshes out the details of Qantas’ lost bid to overturn a Federal Court ruling that states its decision to outsource 2,000 workers was illegal,
Finally, the crew discusses the next edition of the Australian Aviation magazine, including a mammoth feature into the upcoming launch of budget start-up Bonza.
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Rocket
says:The only reason Alliance does flying for Virgin is because the moronic former management basically parked most of the regional aircraft it acquired via the SkyWest purchase then surprise, surprise, realised it couldn’t operate some of its services so it engaged Alliance to do so.
That was after Qantas acquired the 19.9% stake I believe.
And yes, Virgin left the aircraft parked while still paying the exorbitant lease costs.
The actions of VA prior to this and leading up to it are in the realm of you couldn’t make this stuff up.