Royal Newcastle Aero Club member Andy Shepherd, 44, died after his amphibious aircraft started spewing smoke minutes after take off from Maitland Airport.
US investors Cyrus said it pulled out due to a “lack of engagement” with the administrator which had “not returned calls, emails or meaningfully engaged”.
Australian aviation specialist Cameron Rimington ponders what might lay just around the corner, when the pandemic and its effects subside.
So far, passengers have donated 90,000 ‘Airpoints Dollars’ to KidsCan, 60,000 to New Zealand Red Cross and 100,000 to Women's Refuge.
Chief executive Alan Joyce said that the delay was due to prioritising voluntary redundancies over compulsory ones.
The TWU's National Secretary said, “The Qantas CEO is good at walking the halls of Canberra when it suits his agenda yet quick to hang workers out to dry.”