This is the final instalment of Australian Aviation's three-part podcast series from the 2019 Aviation Australia Expo held in Brisbane.
QantasLink claimed top honours for punctuality in 2018, figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics show.
Qantas is instantly recognised around the world for its red flying kangaroo. However, each year the airline turns pink in support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Pilot groups have criticised the federal government's labour agreement with Qantas that allows the airline to bring in overseas pilots and instructors to support its training needs.
Qantas has secured approval from the federal government to recruit up to 76 overseas pilots and instructors for its regional wing QantasLink to help with pilot training.
Qantas’s Tamworth maintenance facility has competed cabin upgrade works on the first of 45 regional aircraft to receive a refresh between now and the end of calendar 2019. The unveiling of the first aircraft, a de Havilland Dash 8 Q300 VH-SCE “Birdsville“, took place at Tamworth on Tuesday morning. The aircraft had been at Tamworth
