Tag Archives: Etihad

Episode 151: Grant’s talks Virgin Australia from a field in the countryside

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin

Grant’s out near Wangaratta flying hot air balloons and is, in fact, standing in field waiting for his retrieve crew to find him… Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines have linked up as partners which, together with Virgin Australia’s Etihad, Delta … Continue reading →

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Episode 128: Cheeky Christmas Gifts for the Geeks from the Boys Down Under

Posted on December 21, 2010 by admin

The boys are at a factory in China to check out the Christmas presents they’ve had made for the Geeks. Despite some shennanigans with the gifts, they manage to reference the following aviation news items from Down Under: Qantas have … Continue reading →

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Episode 121: Floods, AGMs and Laugh Tracks

Posted on November 2, 2010 by admin

A week of heavy rains has brought flooding in the Yarra Valley so Grant’s not expecting much ballooning but the damp weather hasn’t taken the heat out of the news: Qantas AGM reports no dividend this FY and its market … Continue reading →

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Episode 116: Combat Jets on the Gold Coast

Posted on September 28, 2010 by admin

Grant’s up at Tweed Heads with his family and was hanging out at Gold Coast International Airport (YBCG) when Steve called to record the Australia Desk segment. The news items discussed included: The alliance between Virgin Blue and Etihad has … Continue reading →

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Episode 115: The Oprah-Jet

Posted on September 21, 2010 by admin

We briefly touch on a few items: Boeing lifts forecasts for aircraft useage in Oceania Victoria will not get a DC10 water bomber next season but will instead get 2 Convair 580s & another Erickson skycrane British Airways may still … Continue reading →

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Episode 113: The Kids help out on Father’s Day

Posted on September 6, 2010 by admin

It’s Father’s Day down here in Australia and we bring our sons in to help record this week’s segment. Topics we cover include: A Qantas 747-400 has an uncontained engine failure about 45 minutes after departing San Francisco, leading them … Continue reading →

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Episode 112: Media Scrums

Posted on August 31, 2010 by admin

Grant is recovering from the beatings he sustained at the media scrums for both Air New Zealand’s and Virgin Blue’s end of year financial results. The news items we cover in this episode were: Air New Zealand’s results were slightly … Continue reading →

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