Tag Archives: Tiger Airways

Episode 145: A grab bag of news items and its David’s birthday

Posted on May 3, 2011 by admin

The boys are back after Easter and there’s a few news topics to cover: Two guys have flown a single engined aircraft from the USA to Australia, replicating Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s flight as part of a fund raiser for … 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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Episode 111: Jogging Dump & Burn

Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin

In recognition of the Airplane Geeks reaching episode 111, we have an F111 flying past as we go for a jog. The topics we cover include: Australian BlackHawk in Mayday emergency landing in East Timor Tiger Airways CEO & some … Continue reading →

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Episode 110: Qantas Profit Report

Posted on August 17, 2010 by admin

Grant’s still recovering from the Episode 100 party but needs to get better quickly if the threatened Airplane Geeks “police action” goes ahead. Meanwhile, some big news this week: Qantas have released their annual profits which were lower than last … Continue reading →

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Episode 109: Defence against Jetwhine

Posted on August 10, 2010 by admin

Steve & Grant plan the defence of Australia against the pending Jetwhine invasion. In the midst of the plotting, we discuss the few items that came up in what was otherwise a quiet week: Tiger is channeling RyanAir’s business model, … Continue reading →

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Episode 106: Delays, groundings, finances & LemSips

Posted on July 20, 2010 by admin

Grant’s hauled himself to the microphone to record despite having a nasty cough & sore throat but the show must go on: Air New Zealand may be going to buy a chunk of Virgin Blue shares over & above their … Continue reading →

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Episode 64: Dissatisfied with Tiger? Say it isn’t so!

Posted on September 7, 2009 by admin

Three stories this week: A Qantas’ 747-400 from Singapore to Sydney had to perform an emergency landing in Perth after fuel began leaking from the Number 4 engine. The aircraft involved (VH-OJK) is the one that had an oxygen tank … Continue reading →

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Episode 59: Virgin Blue Fund Raising while Steve’s in the USA with the Geeks

Posted on August 4, 2009 by admin

Grant’s still flying solo today as Steve’s in the USA and recording live with the Geeks. Meanwhile, here’s a couple of articles for you: Virgin Blue obtain more capital through a successful share offer that raised $133 million from institutional … Continue reading →

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Episode 58: Grant’s Flying Solo

Posted on July 28, 2009 by admin

Steve’s on a V Australia 777 heading to the USA for a family vacation so Grant’s running this one solo: V Australia & Delta Airlines code sharing agreement is starting to be called Delta-V and both Tiger Airlines and Air … Continue reading →

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Episode 57: Forget the Kidneys, Just Send the Cash

Posted on July 21, 2009 by admin

Yet another wet & windy afternoon so it’s perfect weather to put Rob’s bribe together so he’ll let us on the Airplane Geeks podcast. Meanwhile, we have news to report: Singapore Airlines adding more A380 capacity on the Kangaroo Route. … Continue reading →

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