Tag Archives: Jetstar

Episode 180: A380s, Qantas, Emirates and more

Posted on January 10, 2012 by admin

Strewth, it’s the first Australia Desk of 2012 and the boys are off the beach, back in the office and bringing you more aviation news from Down Under. Qantas receives their 12th A380 and it’s been named Phyllis Arnott in … Continue reading →

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Episode 177: Virgin Oz re-structures and carries more domestic pax than Qantas

Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin

The weather isn’t great with a cold & wet start to Summer but hey, there’s still some great aviation news to report on. Virgin Australia’s re-branding has completed with all their various groups now operating under the one corporate banner … Continue reading →

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Episode 169: Everyone’s rather over this Qantas crap

Posted on October 18, 2011 by admin

Grant’s getting ready for a CASA audit at the balloon company he works for and recently became a Supervisor for the company’s Drug & Alcohol Management Program (DAMP). Fortunately he’s able to join Steve for another Australia Desk: The Qantas … Continue reading →

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Episode168: Qantas dispute with their unions gets nasty

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

Steve has to convince Grant to stop talking about hot air balloons after last week’s Grill the Geeks question. It takes a bit but he finally gets the message and the boys get on with the latest aviation news from … Continue reading →

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Episode 156: Stuff the news, lets talk Oshkosh preparations!

Posted on July 19, 2011 by admin

The boys are packing for Oshkosh and Steve’s trying to figure how to get the mega-sized jar of Vegemite through bio-inspection on arrival in Los Angeles. They do have a quick skim through the latest aviation news items from Down … Continue reading →

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Episode 150: Remote ATC and Virgin sneaking a few Qantas senior managers

Posted on June 7, 2011 by admin

Steve’s been crook so the boys try to do a quick Australia Desk … well, at least they tried! Airservices Australia are working with SAAB to run a trial Remote Air Traffic Control tower in Alice Springs that will be … 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 136: Qantas and Jetstar are backing down on bad ideas

Posted on February 22, 2011 by admin

The boys are going to try for a shorter OzDesk to say thanks to Max for running the full length version of the previous week’s segment, rather than the cut down version. Lets see how they do with: Jetstar are … 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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