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Black Ink And Blue Skies
/The Air New Zealand and Qantas flightpaths continue to diverge Like it or not the Kiwis are kicking our butt! Not just on the rugby field but in the air. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content and past magazines. LoginBecome a MemberTo
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By The Numbers
/Qantas Group Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce is predicting brighter skies ahead for the airline group after handing down a $2. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content and past magazines. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this article, please login.
Read moreRAAF conducts first Iraq airstrikes
/ | 7 Comments on RAAF conducts first Iraq airstrikesThe Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Air Task Group that is operating in the Middle East has attacked its first target during a mission in Iraq. In a brief initial statement released on Thursday, Defence confirmed that an F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter had dropped two bombs on “an ISIL facility”. This content is available
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The Worst Is Over?
/The combined net losses of Australia’s two big airlines – some $3.15 billion – grabbed the headlines after Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia announced their latest annual results, painting a grim picture of the local industry. Are things as bad as they look? Behind the stark financial figures there may be reason for a degree
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Issue 320: Hard Landing
/Have Australia’s airlines turned the corner? Three times during his annual results press conference, CEO Alan Joyce used the term “confronting” to describe the Qantas Group’s $2. 8 billion net loss for the 2013-14 financial year. “It has absolutely been the most challenging environment that we’ve faced, and the results as a result have been
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How do you solve a problem like Merpati?
/Indonesia’s state-owned domestic airline limps on If there is such a thing as a God of Lost Causes even he, or she, would be hard pressed to save ailing state-owned Indonesian domestic carrier Merpati Nusantara. Indeed, why Merpati is still flying is one of those small mysteries of the aviation world. The carrier has been
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