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Tag Archives: HADR
Episode 744: Bonza ticket sales for Bonza!
Australia’s newest airline, Bonza, continues with the rollout of its new route network with the opening this week of its base in Melbourne, Victoria. The opening comes as figures show they’ve sold over 100,000 seats since commencing operation two months … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged base, biofuel, Bonza, budget, C27, Cope North, exercise, Guam, HADR, JetZero, LanzaJet, Melboune, Qantas, Queensland, RAAF, SAF, sustainability
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Episode 275: Drip Pricing is bad, ya drips!
Steve and Grant are introduced to a whole new term this week: “Drip Pricing” – it seems the ACCC are using the term to cover all the various additional charges that most airlines (especially the “low cost” ones) are using. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged ACCC, ADF, Air New Zealand, Aviation Safety Review, deceptive conduct, Drop Pricing, election, emergency equipment, false representation, Federal Government, HADR, low cost, medical team, misleading conduct, Phillipines, private, promise, suspended trade, Virgin Australia
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Episode 140: Fuel Surcharges and Price Fixing Freight Cartels
It’s a cracker Autumn in Melbourne with nine days in a row of flyable weather for the hot air balloons over the city. We give a shout out to Wheelies with Wings which is the Australian organisation that gets physically … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged ACTU, Air New Zealand, australian, award, C17, defamation, disabled, domestic, engineers, evidence, Fair Work Australia, fair work tribunal, freight cartel, fuel costs, fuel surcharge, HADR, international, offshore, press release, price fixing, Qantas, RAAF, routes, Singapore, USA, V Australia, Virgin Blue, wheelies with wings
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Episode 137: Christchurch earthquake shuts down Kiwi ATC
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
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A330, Air New Zealand, ATC, ATR72, Avalon International Airshow, C130, C17, cabin crew, Christchurch, Dan Webb, domestic, Earthquake, fares, forecast, HADR, interior, international, John Borghetti, Kiwi, New Zealand, PCDU, pilots, profit, RAAF, regional, relief supplies, RSAF, uncontrolled, uniform, Virgin Blue
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Episode 131: Doing Aviation Application Research for the Geeks
Grant’s Android based application aviation research involves playing Air Controller to help the Geeks with their assessment of aviation applications for pilots. Meanwhile, Steve assures us that he’s not doing the same with Angry Birds… No, really… In the news … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A319, ACMA, ADF, Air New Zealand, Antarctica, ATR72, Catalina, Darwin, Dash-8, E170, E190, Embraer, F100, F50, festival, flooding, Fokker, Grumman, HADR, Mallard, network, Perth, Q300, Q400, Qantas, Rathmines, scientists, Skytraders, SkyWest, spam, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Blue, Western Australia, Wilkins Blue Ice Runway
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Episode 67: Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Relief in the Pacific
The boys are celebrating with a screaming mass of people because Australia’s population just exceeded 22 million. So, in a country that’s almost as big as the USA there’s still lots of space for them (if only it weren’t all … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged Air New Zealand, Earthquake, HADR, KC30, Qantas, RAAF, RNZAF, tsunami
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