Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorBack to the future
January 4, 2013 0 commentShould Qantas International return to government ownership The talk of another equity bid for Qantas would appear to be more about what a deal might bring to the so-called financial wizards rather than what is best for Australia’s national airline. Earlier this year John Singleton, who was part of the old APA bid, was quoted
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January 3, 2013 0 commentQantas to standardise A330 cabin configurations? Michael Gisick With the arrival of Qantas’s latest A330-200, VH-EBV Kangaroo Island, the airline announced plans to move all weekday flights between Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth to the Airbus widebody. But that announcement, in turn, has focused attention on the discrepancy in the business class offering aboard the airline’s A330s.
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January 2, 2013 0 commentAustralian Aviation’s continuing evolution Welcome aboard the 301st issue of Australian Aviation. The last few weeks have been an exciting time for the Australian Aviation crew as we’ve worked to pull together this relaunch edition of the magazine. I hope that excitement and enthusiasm comes through in the quality of the magazine. This content is
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January 1, 2013 0 commentWe are “builders, not wreckers” – Joyce George says: Joyce or Dixon. Both have terrible management styles. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this device. If you
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January 1, 2013 0 commentGeoff Dixon manoeuvres for control of Qantas against his former protege Alan Joyce. It is extremely difficult to get a clear picture of what the alleged plotters that make up Aviation Partners Australia (APA) Mark 2 actually want to achieve with Qantas. The plotters own a reported two per cent of the airline and, according
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December 22, 2012 0 commentThree years ago this magazine, through this writer, warned that the noise issues around Perth Airport need addressing and would only grow as traffic increased. Nothing has been done despite repeated warnings from this magazine via radio, television and in print, and now Perth with 40 per cent growth over the past five years, faces
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