Virgin launches Brisbane valet service
Virgin Australia now offers a kerbside “premium valet” service for its passengers travelling through Brisbane’s domestic terminal. The service costs $55 for up to 14 hours and $65 for up to 24 hours. “All guests have the convenience of leaving their car with an attendant before stepping into an exclusive reception area. A dedicated check-in
For all the fuss over Qantas’s so far failed attempts at launching a premium airline in Asia, it is clear that Jetstar is the main game for the Qantas Group in Asia. Today’s announcement of the launch of Jetstar Hong Kong in partnership with China Eastern now means the Jetstar brand has footprints in three
Liquidation for Air Australia
Failed Air Australia will be liquidated, after the airline’s creditors voted to wind up the company at a meeting in Brisbane today. Administrator Mark Mentha of Korda Mentha said the airline’s 350 staff would get most of their entitlements paid out under the federal government’s General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme (GEERS) but other creditors
OPINION – Int’l JSF partners need to ramp it up
The international partners in the JSF program – including Australia – really need to come together to lobby the US government to recognise the disproportionate share of the early production costs of the F-35 they will be forced to pay in the next five years. The combined partner nation JSF requirement is about 750 aircraft,
Book review – An Iconic Airline
Guinea Airways, founded in Adelaide in 1927 to provide transport for remote mining operations in Papua New Guinea, was one of Australia’s early commercial aviation successes. It moved to the Australia mainland to start flights on the Adelaide-Darwin route in 1937 and developed a network of services between Adelaide and regional centres, including Broken Hill
OPINION – Clarifying the C-27J FMS case
After doing some additional reading overnight, I just wanted to clarify yesterday’s opinion post, especially regarding the proposed FMS sale. With the cancellation of the US’s C-27J program, the RAAF would not have the benefit of being linked into a ‘parent service’ such as the USAF/ANG for software, electronic warfare and other systems upgrades and
