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GippsAero has announced the appointment of Ms Shanti Lakhan as its new Marketing Manager. Ms Lakhan comes from the role of Marketing Manager of Cirrus Aircraft in Minnesota, and was also previously an A319.A320 engineer with Northwest Airlines. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

Emirates Airline has announced it has extended its sponsorship of the Collingwood AFL club for a further five years until the end of the 2019 football season. The new agreement will extend its arrangement with Collingwood to over 20 years, the airline’s longest running corporate sponsorship in Australia. This content is available exclusively to Australian

Usually mild-mannered Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti has come out swinging in an interview about Qantas’s bid to receive a debt guarantee from the federal government. Speaking on ABC radio on February 18, Borghetti labelled proposals by the government to offer a debt guarantee to Qantas as “bizarre”, adding that “if it wasn’t so serious

Captain Doug Whitbourn, an ERJ-135 pilot with Brisbane-based JETGO, has retired after a distinguished career spanning 54 years. Captain Whitbourn flew his final flight, JG6 from the Osborne Mine to Brisbane on February 14, and was fittingly given a water cannon salute by two ARFF fire trucks on his arrival. This content is available exclusively