Tag Archives: John Borghetti

Episode 352: Sabotage by Cabotage

Posted on June 3, 2015 by admin

The federal government are contemplating a proposal to allow foreign airlines carry domestic passengers between locations north of the Tropic of Capricorn (eg: Cairns, Darwin, Townsville, etc). So, can a reduction in cabotage restrictions in the north end lead to … Continue reading →

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Episode 248: Qantas missing profits and Branson’s visiting

Posted on May 15, 2013 by admin

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce finds his way back into the news the week indicating that the airline’s profits are nowhere near the levels his team had predicted earlier in the financial year, and major creditor Deutscher Bank took notice also … Continue reading →

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Episode 247: No Speedos were harmed in the production of this segment

Posted on May 8, 2013 by admin

The Australian Government released its latest Defense White Paper this week, outlining updates on planned future equipment acquisitions for the Army, Navy and Air Force. On the aviation side of things, the purchase of 12 EA-18G “Growler” aircraft was announced, … Continue reading →

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Episode 208: Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics

Posted on July 31, 2012 by admin

While Steve & Grant are often accused of making statistics up on the spot (like 28.2% of all statistics), this week it appears that Dan Webb is not the only one who can crunch the numbers! Both Qantas & Virgin … Continue reading →

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Episode 172: Virgin’s benefits from Qantas’ grounding and Grant’s L-39 ride

Posted on November 8, 2011 by admin

This week, Qantas wins return to work order, Qantas A380 makes precautionary landing in Abu Dhabi, Virgin Australia boss John Borghetti offers his thoughts on the opportunities the Qantas grounding created them, Grant talks about his L-39 ride. PS: We … Continue reading →

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Episode 161: Qantas is restructuring into a Stronger Qantas

Posted on August 23, 2011 by admin

The boys are joined by Will Horton from the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation to discuss Qantas’ restructuring plans including Jetstar Asia, networks with other airlines, the proposed premium A320 based airline in Asia and changing some of their international … 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 146: Rebranding your Virgin almost holds off Steve’s L-39 ride

Posted on May 10, 2011 by admin

Steve & Grant haven’t been up to much this week but there’s plenty to say about Virgin Blue, erm, that’s Virgin Australia now! Virgin Blue has renamed itself to Virgin Australia following serious negotiations with Richard Branson and Singapore Airlines. … 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 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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