Year: 2023
Rex mocks Qantas’s ‘fancy words’ menu as schnitzels return
/Deputy chairman John Sharp made the comments as he revealed his airline was reintroducing pork schnitzel to its business offering because it’s the kind of comfort food people love at the pub or RSL.
Read more »ACCC blames Qantas for new delay to Alliance takeover review
/The crucial review, which was due to be released this month after being pushed back from November last year, will now be handed down on 20 April.
Read more »Pink power: Blushing e-scooters jet around RNZAF base
/Ten distinctive pink flamingo scooters are free for staff to use as part of a six-month trial since mid-January for the base north-west of Palmerston North.
Read more »Sydney Airport’s CEO says domestic aviation recovery now ‘stagnant’
/In a significant intervention, Geoff Culbert appeared to blame airlines for offering fewer seats for sale, alongside higher airfares putting people off booking tickets.
Read more »Rex’s Sharp quips he ‘can’t imagine’ who’ll fly new Bonza route
/Rex’s deputy chairman, John Sharp, has hinted Bonza’s upcoming ‘point-to-point’ route between Coffs Harbour and the Sunshine Coast won’t work because the destinations are too similar.
Read more »Virgin Orbit has contingency plan for insolvency, says report
/According to a new report, the business is still “aiming” to secure additional capital this week, though prior investor Boeing is understood not to be involved in rescue talks.
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