Qantas Reviews Job Cuts: Qantas isto review its position on 261 of the 1835 Jobs it plans to cut following the merger with Australian Airlines. The jobs in question are 104 from Sydney ground catering, 57 from the Melbourne ramp division (which includes cleaners), 29 from engineering and maintenance, five from marketing, 30 cabin staff,

People Jane Corbett-Jones has taken over the PR responsibilities of ATI for NSW, replacing Tony Hill who is now manager of PR for TNT International. Sandra MacPhee is Ansett’s first Director of Sales, while Graham Hunter has been promoted to Director of Airport Services. The FAC has appointed former Qantas sales manager William Bryant as

Macchi Wing Repair Abandoned: Plans to repair the existing wings on grounded RAAF Macchi MB-326H jet trainers have been abandoned following the discovery that the repairs will not result in a 100% safe wing. It was also discovered that some of the cracks could be accessed only by destroying the wing. However, this does not

New Props for Mohawks : Aircraft shedding propellers is fortunately a rare occurrence these days, but one of regional operator Southern Pacific Airlines’ Nord 262/Mohawk 298 aircraft suffered the problem in February. The aircraft had just left Sydney for Tamworth when the propeller parted company with the rest of the aircraft, forcing a safe return