Northrop Grumman Australia has appointed Air Vice Marshal (Ret’d) Chris Deeble as its new chief executive. He replaces Ian Irving.
This feature from Geofrey Thomas from the October 2008 edition of Australian Aviation looks at Emirates introducing Airbus A380 into service.
Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti has questioned plans from Cathay Pacific and Qantas to expand a codeshare agreement to include each other's flights from the key markets of Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to Hong Kong.
Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti says market conditions are uncertain for the year ahead as the potential impact from global factors leaves him cautions about predicting what rest of calendar 2019 will hold for the airline. While the Australian market was in robust health, external events from the price of oil to geopolitical tensions
Virgin Australia returned to profitability in 2018/19 first half amid ongoing improvement in its domestic business and despite higher fuel costs.
Qantas has sought to reassure regulators its proposed codeshare with Cathay Pacific would not harm competition and instead offer travellers more choice for travel between Australia and Asia.
