Marc Joel Atrero
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January 23, 2016 0 commentHow Qantas Created A New Standard In Business Class Business class has never been so important to airlines, both domestically and internationally. On many routes, the corporate dollar and the high value leisure traveller make the difference between a loss or mild profit and true success. With both Qantas and Virgin Australia in the middle
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January 23, 2016 0 commentThe ADF is transitioning to a European-based Defence Aviation Safety Regulations framework for its system of military airworthiness The regulation of Australian military airworthiness is about to undergo its biggest change since the early 1990s. The successful, but uniquely Australian airworthiness system that emerged in the wake of a calamitous series of crashes is, after
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January 23, 2016 0 commentAir New Zealand’s Pacific Rim cabin crew strategy How do you grow an airline from a tiny country into a hub-and-spoke powerhouse spanning five continents, while still keeping the national character and uniqueness that made passengers want to fly with you in the first place? That’s a question Air New Zealand has asked itself as
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January 23, 2016 0 commentVirgin Australia to benefit from growth in US inbound passengers While the planned increase in seats between Australia and the US from nonstop and one-stop operators represents a bonanza for air travellers in the form of lower fares, Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti says it is not all good news. The combined Virgin and
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January 23, 2016 0 commentBoeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on leading the world’s biggest aerospace company into its second century It’s not a bad time to be chief executive of the world’s largest aerospace company. As it prepares to mark its centenary in July The Boeing Company is in great health – profit was up 25 per cent in
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January 23, 2016 0 commentA new retro roo to celebrate its 95th birthday is further evidence of a new skip in the step of the Flying Kangaroo It was called the hottest ticket in town by one wag referring not so much to Qantas’s 95th black tie birthday bash but the 41. 9 degree temperature that greeted guests at
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