Tag Archives: V Australia

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 140: Fuel Surcharges and Price Fixing Freight Cartels

Posted on March 22, 2011 by admin

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 →

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Episode 121: Floods, AGMs and Laugh Tracks

Posted on November 2, 2010 by admin

A week of heavy rains has brought flooding in the Yarra Valley so Grant’s not expecting much ballooning but the damp weather hasn’t taken the heat out of the news: Qantas AGM reports no dividend this FY and its market … 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 112: Media Scrums

Posted on August 31, 2010 by admin

Grant is recovering from the beatings he sustained at the media scrums for both Air New Zealand’s and Virgin Blue’s end of year financial results. The news items we cover in this episode were: Air New Zealand’s results were slightly … Continue reading →

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Episode 108: Cash for Clunkers

Posted on August 3, 2010 by admin

Grant is flying high on pain killers after damaging his shoulder so Steve’s considering calling him a clunker & cashing him. Meanwhile, things are getting hot over the Tasman airspace: AirAsiaX may leap into trans-Tasman market United doesn’t think Delta-V … 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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Episode 51: A Dark & Stormy Flight

Posted on June 8, 2009 by admin

As Courtney prepared to leave the Airplane Geeks, he noted that Australia holds the lead for providing non-USA news segments for the Airplane Geeks. Go us! :) Steve sends in his recording opening with the news that Qantas is feeling … Continue reading →

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