Marc Joel Atrero

For the last 65 years Qantas has plied the Kangaroo Route to London via Asia. Signalling that traditional thinking no longer applies, Qantas is adapting its international model to emulate the tremendously successful Middle East hub strategy, turning its back on British Airways and hubbing through Singapore to form a new service agreement and with

$1.5bn EA-18G conversion approved Minister for Defence Stephen Smith formally announced the RAAF’s acquisition of the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare capability in mid-August. The decision to convert the 12 pre-wired RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets had been floated in mid-2011, and was eventually included in the 2012 Defence Capability Plan, under project AIR 5349 Phase 3.

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The announcement and signing of the historic alliance agreement between Qantas and Emirates represents a seismic shift in the dynamics of the Australian airline market, both from the customer and the airline business perspectives. e announcement appears both a win-win for Qantas as a business and for Qantas’s customers, and also an admission of defeat

One gets a sense that the Qantas victory over the Transport Workers Union before Fair Work Australia in August will last barely 24 months if the rhetoric is any guide. And that’s bad news for Qantas, not to mention the Australian economy. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

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