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Episode 772: Qantas’ reputation drops as passenger annoyance (& fares) go up

Posted on November 1, 2023 by admin

Steve’s recovery continues so the boys dive into the latest stories, kicking off with the realisation that the RAAF (or maybe the government) were listening to Episode 770 as the RAAF have been sent into Israel to provide repatriation flights … Continue reading →

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Episode 732: Fatal helicopter collision and Bonza’s still awaiting their AOC

Posted on January 11, 2023 by admin

Wow, it’s 2023 and the boys are back so hopefully they can get a few extra episodes into the feed this year. Meanwhile, Grant’s been loading historical OzDesk segments into the Australia Desk website and hopes to get the full … Continue reading →

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Episode 155: Tiger’s grounding continues and the carbon tax is on us

Posted on July 12, 2011 by admin

The boys couldn’t synchonise their schedules, so they’ve recorded their own separate parts that Steve’s managed to merge into a single desk episode. Grant talks about Tiger Airways continuing to be grounded and unlikely to be flying again before August … Continue reading →

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Episode 149: Alice has a Bone Yard

Posted on May 31, 2011 by admin

Once again the boys are trying to present a short OzDesk episode (yeah right, as if!) so they’re going to race through a few items before getting to an item they want to cover in more detail. The RAAF has … Continue reading →

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Episode 137: Christchurch earthquake shuts down Kiwi ATC

Posted on March 1, 2011 by admin

The big news this week is that another large earthquake has hit Christchurch causing significant damage and fatalities. It also shut down New Zealand’s ATC system which is run from a single centre in Christchurch, effectively turning the whole country … Continue reading →

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Episode 135: Qantas disputes getting more intense

Posted on February 15, 2011 by admin

It’s a busy news week with lots happening so this week’s OzDesk is going to be longer than normal. Hopefully the Geeks will forgive us as it’s important aviation news from Down Under. Qantas is increasing their fuel surcharges due … Continue reading →

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Episode 134: Fuel surcharges and Qantas code sharing with themselves?

Posted on February 8, 2011 by admin

Steve’s moved the studio into a submarine due to the floods but the boys are still able to talk about some news topics. We remind the Geeks that way back in episode 100 we noted that Jetstar were trialling iPads … Continue reading →

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Episode 120: Ramp Rash, Tigers & Ballooning

Posted on October 26, 2010 by admin

Beautiful weather leads to some great hot air ballooning for Grant in the Yarra Valley but meanwhile there’s heaps of aviation news to review down under, including: Australian Department of Transport tells the US DOT that the Delta-V alliance should … Continue reading →

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