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An Antonov AN-124 Ruslan landed at Auckland Airport on Saturday to deliver new engines for Air New Zealand’s 787 Dreamliner fleet. Stuff reports that the enormous Soviet-era jet carried four engines, two were new leases from Rolls-Royce, while the other had undergone maintenance work in Singapore. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
The current chair of Virgin Australia, Elizabeth Bryan, will launch a withering broadside at former chief executive John Borghetti, claiming he built a good airline but not a “good enough business”. In an interview set to screen on the ABC’s Four Corners on Monday night, Bryan will say, “When I arrived at the airline, a
However, he clarified on Monday that there will definitely be a “next phase” of support, though the government will take its time in deciding its composition.
Singapore Institute of Technology professor Volodymyr Bilotkach asks what Qantas' cuts tell us about the time it'll take for the wider industry to recover.
The airline says it only needs to raise $30 million to expland, and is so confident the target will be met that it's starting preparations "in earnest”.
Border Force officials have played down the risk to the general public as the building is not located on the airport’s main complex.
