iscoverQantas staff will be getting some new threads after the airline chose Australian designer Martin Grant to refashion its uniforms. The new uniforms are expected to be ready by 2014 and will replace the existing design by Peter Morrissey, which has been in use since 2003. The Qantas uniform has been redesigned nine times since
Cobham Aviation Services Australia has finalised a contract worth more than $50 million to extend its existing services to the Cooper Basin oil and gas fields for energy company Santos for another six years. The aviation group will base a 99-seat Avro RJ100 in Adelaide for eight weekly return services to Moomba and Ballera. This
Qantas has withdrawn its four directors from the board of Fijian carrier Air Pacific in another sign of deteriorating relations with Fiji’s military government. Qantas has been trying to sell its 46 per cent stake in the money losing carrier for several years but has been unable to agree on terms, with Fiji’s government claiming
The ATSB has concluded its investigation into a March 1 2011 stickshaker incident on a QantasLink flight, finding that the aircraft’s computer activated the stall warning on the basis of conflicting inputs from the flight crew. According to the ATSB report, the captain of the Bombardier Dash 8-300 turned off the icing protection switch as
Australia’s labour umpire claims Jetstar is staffing domestic flights with Thai workers paid as little as half the required rate for Australian air crew. In litigation filed on Friday in the Federal Court, the Fair Work Ombudsman alleged that Jetstar employed the crew through a pair of staffing companies, Singapore-based Valuair and Thailand-based Tour East.
Etihad Airways will wet lease a Boeing 777-300ER from alliance partner Virgin Australia for use on services between Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lampur. The Gulf carrier said the leased aircraft would make one return trip per week as part of Etihad’s daily 777 services between Abu Dhabi and KL. The leased aircraft is outfitted with
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