Year: 2023

Jake and Chris discuss the Qantas chairman’s eventual exit and whether it will hamper new CEO Vanessa Hudson’s efforts for a fresh start.

Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, who chaired the inquiry, moved on Wednesday to extend it so witnesses including Joyce and Transport Minister Catherine King could be called. The motion was defeated 34–31, however, as the Greens and independent David Pocock sided with the government against it.

The eight students studying to pursue a career as structural aircraft maintenance engineers and working as apprentices at BAE Systems are on their way to completing a Certificate IV Aeroskills (Structures).

In a joint statement, Transport Minister Catherine King and Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the watchdog will release quarterly reports on airlines’ costs, prices and profits, complementing its role in relation to “certain airports” and helping to inform the upcoming Aviation White Paper.

In a joint statement, the two airlines acknowledged there was “no reasonable path forward” for the deal after it was opposed by the ACCC, though Qantas will still own a 20 per cent stake in Alliance. The agreement that sees Alliance fly up to 30 E190s for Qantas will also continue.

The plane, slated to arrive in November and be ready for service in the end-of-year peak, follows the deliveries of Rex’s eighth and ninth 737s in July and September.