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Tag Archives: Victoria
Episode 295: Rail to the Chief
The boys are staying in their home state of Victoria this week, leading off with a story about Hainan Airlines’ parent company HNA Group signing an MOU with Avalon Airport owners LinFox to spend 18 months expanding Avalon in readiness … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged Air Chief Marshal, Air Marshal, Avalon Airport, CBD, CDF, Chief Defence Force, China, election, Hainan Airlines, HNA Group, LinFox Group, Mark Binskin, Melbourne, Melbourne airport, premier, rail link, VCDF, Vice Chief Defence Force, Victoria, YMAV, YMML
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Episode 274: Qantas closing maintenance, Jetstar flying 787s while RAAF is Growlering
With Grant back on deck this week, we start by talking all things 787 with the news that the Civil Aviation Safety Authority has cleared Jetstar to add it’s first such aircraft to their AOC, allowing them to begin passenger flights starting … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 747, 747-400, 787, 787-9, Air New Zealand, ANZ, AOC, Auckland, Avalon Airport, Brisbane, cabin, CASA, density, EA-18, exchange, facility, Growler, Jetstar, jobs, maintenance, Melbourne, passengers, Perth, Qantas, RAAF, training, unions, US Navy, Victoria
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Episode 254: Fog, tankers, Airvans and Fly Your Ideas
Winter weather has been causing trouble in for flights Australia’s south east this week, especially with fog causing many diversions. Mid week, two B737s, one Qantas & one Virgin Australia, diverted to the rural city of Mildura in Victoria; an … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 737, Aces North, Airbus, Airvan, ATSB, exercise, Fighter Combat Instructor, Fly Your Ideas, fog, fuel emergency, GA8, Gipps Aero, hot air balloon, Kathy Mexted, KC30, Mildura, Northern Territory, Qantas, RAAF, RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Tanker, Victoria, Virgin Australia, weather, Winter
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Episode 251: MyJet to Bendigo, Qantas in Perth & Airbus for RNZAF
We’ve often talked about the high cost of using airports in Australia, particularly the major hubs, and it seems the high cost of operating out of Melbourne’s Essendon Airport have forced a major user, business jet operator MyJet, to look … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A330, A400M, Airbus, Alan Joyce, Bendigo, boom, C130, C130H, C295, Essendon Airport, Grizzly, Melbourne, MyJet, New Zealand, Perth, Qantas, RAAF, RNZAF, Victoria, Virgin Australia, Western Australia, YMEN
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Episode 249: GippsAero reduces workforce and Virgin’s missing revenue targets
We have spoken highly in recent years of Australian manufacturer GippsAero and their successes in creating aircraft that have sold all around the world. So it is with some concern this week that we report on the announcement of a … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged Airvan, ASX, Boeing, feedback, GA8, GippsAero, Mahindra Aerospace, McDonnell Douglas, Morwell, profit, restructure, Tiger Airways, Victoria, Virgin Australia
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Episode 244: Virgin acquires Skywest while an F-111C takes a road trip
With Grant off this week due to illness, PCDU team member Ben Jones steps in to help bring us this report. In the news, Virgin Australia issues a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange announcing it’s acquisition of Skywest is … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 77SQN, A8-109, Airbus, ASX, AU-1, AU-2, F-35, F/A-18, F111, F111C, Fokker 100, HARS, Hornet, Jonesy, JSF, KC30, Lockheed Martin, MRTT, New South Wales, NoGrant, PCDU, Perth, Queensland, RAAF, SkyWest, Victoria, Virgin Australia, Wollongong
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Episode 199: Dreamliner hits Dreamtime on the DreamTour & We’re Dreaming!
Boeing have brought 787 ZA003 down under on segment #7 of the DreamTour, stopping in Melbourne long enough for Steve & Grant to get a tour and record an interview. Taking advantage of being able to hang out live instead … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 787, A380, Air Mauritius, Avalon, bomb, Bruce Buchanan, capacity, CityFlyer, Dreamliner, Dreamtour, GA10, GippsAero, Golden Triangle, Jetstar, Latrobe Regional Airport, onsite, prediction, Qantas, Tullamarine, Victoria, Virgin Australia, ZA003
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Episode 148: An ejection, Qantas woes and Grant jumps off his soapbox
The boys are recording early as Steve’s going to visit family on the weekend and needs to have this one sorted before he leaves. A RAAF PC-9 trainer (A23-039) has crashed near RAAF Base East Sale here in Victoria with … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A380, Australia, East Sale, ejection, failure, fault, Flight Time Radio, foreign, ladder, maintenance, media, microscope, Nancy Bird Walton, oil line, outsource, PC9, pilots, Qantas, QF32, RAAF, Rolls Royce, soapbox, trampoline, Udvar Hazy Center, unions, VH-OQA, Victoria
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