Raytheon opens Customer Engagement Centre in Canberra
Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne has participated in the official opening of Raytheon Australia’s next-generation Customer Engagement Centre at the company’s corporate headquarters in Canberra. Minister Pyne was joined by chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon Company Dr Thomas A Kennedy and Raytheon Australia managing director Michael Ward. The new centre features a
Qantas to establish Brisbane 787 base
Brisbane Airport will be the home to four Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners by the end of 2018. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce announced on Tuesday his airline would base four of its soon-to-arrive 787-9s at Brisbane, which he said would open up potential new international routes from the Queensland capital. “We’ve said that initially our
Qantas 787-9 to enter service in November on domestic routes, preliminary schedules show
Qantas has filed preliminary flight schedules showing its soon-to-arrive Boeing 787-9 will operate domestic services from Melbourne to Perth and Sydney prior to commencing long-haul services to Los Angeles. The airline is due to take delivery of its first 787-9 in the middle of October, with an exact delivery date yet to be officially confirmed.
Rex returns to profit, says outlook bright
Regional Express (Rex) has swung back to profitability in 2016/17 and says it expects clearer skies ahead amid lower fuel prices and an improving local economy. The airline group reported statutory net profit after tax of $12.62 million for the 12 months to June 30 2017, a return to the black following a net loss
New CEO for BAE Systems Australia
BAE Systems Australia has named Gabrielle Costigan as its next chief executive officer to replace Glynn Phillips. Costigan, who was most recently CEO Asia for the Linfox International Group, is due to start with the company on October 2 and assume the role of CEO by March 2018, BAE Systems Australia announced. “Gabby has a
Qantas restructures leadership team
Qantas will have new bosses for a number of its business units from November as it shakes up its leadership team following the retirement of a long-time executive. Among the changes announced on Monday, Alison Webster has been promoted to the executive team as chief executive of Qantas international. Currently, Webster is executive manager of
