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Articles by Ben Sandilands

Defiant Jetstar to fight dodgy pilot contract claims

A combination of bravado and tacit admission of wrongdoing is contained in a defiant statement by Jetstar saying it will fight the charges laid by the FWA Ombudsman.

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Sydney Airport II: O’Farrell doesn’t understand business travel

One of the spectacles mesmerising Australia’s airlines and media watchers alike is how what some see as the “attack-dog-right-wing tabloid” Daily Telegraph has turned on NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell over his inability to deliver transport solutions including a second Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek. Today’s installment of this campaign by the newspaper is in fact rational […]

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Singapore Airlines’ Scoot is cute, except in China that is …

Scoot is also a difficult term to translate into Chinese and other Asian languages, as in ‘flee’ as in a robber ‘fleeing’ the scene of a crime. This is like Qantas insisting on calling itself the ‘Spirit of Australia’ in Japan, which translates as the ‘ghost of Australia’.

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Qantas sticking to what it knows with new Asia hook-up

No one with business contacts in Hong Kong or China would be in any doubt that this is potentially a huge opportunity for Qantas.

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Qantas arcs up at Virgin’s restructure plan

Qantas has lodged an objection against Virgin Australia’s plan to restructure its operations to take on board new stakeholders.

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Red Q is dead Q, but we’ve know that for a while

Qantas has finally told the ASX what everyone with a finger on the pulse has known for some time, that its proposed premium airline based in Malaysia is dead.

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Tiger uncaged … now for the airfare wars

Expect fierce fare wars to break out in the domestic market following this morning’s reinvention of Singapore-owned and listed Tiger Airways as a low-fare carrier focused on Melbourne and Sydney.

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Virgin’s astonishing results heap pressure on Qantas

Virgin Australia today did its bit to make news by adding to leadership tensions at Qantas.

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A nosedive, not a missed approach: why Air Australia was bound to fail

It is not surprising 4000 of Air Australia’s customers are now being told to make their own way home after it went broke in the early hours of this morning.

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Qantas ditches share dividend again — and 500 jobs

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce this morning delivered what he conceded was a poor half-year-to-December 31 performance by the company, while leaving considerable uncertainty hanging over jobs and services.

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More stress for Qantas as Virgin confirms key routes

Virgin Australia confirmed what is only the first substantial addition of wide-bodied A330 capacity to key interstate markets that it will make in the nearer term.

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Melbourne dreams of new airport but Sydney’s still stuck in gridlock

For Premier Barry O’Farrell, the economic consequences of the weekend announcement by Victoria’s peak business body of its enthusiasm for a third Melbourne airport is probably under acute analysis

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If the Brits can speed towards rail connectivity, why can’t we?

The UK government’s decision to go ahead with the first stage of HS2  —  a high-speed rail network that would ultimately link Scotland to southern England and the midlands at 400km/h — poses some hard questions for those for and against high-speed rail in Australia. For those in favour of a similar route structure in on the eastern seaboard, linking […]

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Everyone might get what they want in Qantas dispute

Job security at Qantas was supposed to be impossible to guarantee. It was supposed to be fatal to the airline’s ability to escape from the confines of Australia’s borders and become competitive.

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Jetstar stuff-up raises concerns over air safety diligence

Cockpit resource management failures kill people when they go wrong. They are a major cause of air disasters.

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An eclipse, when astronomy meets designer drugs

If you had clear skies and thought the total eclipse of the moon looked good early Sunday, then just wait until early morning in far north Queensland and parts of Arnhem Land on November 14 next year.

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Asian airlines throw spanners into Qantas works

Events during the past 24 hours are not proving kind to Qantas’ ambitions in Asia. Vietnam Airlines and Malaysia Airlines have thrown spanners in the works.

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Booked a holiday with Qantas? Looks as if your booking is safe

Many things about the future of Qantas are never going to be decided today, but your holiday bookings on that airline look safe, no matter what.

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Air Force One, Obama’s Armageddon fall-back, ready to rumble

The two presidential flying command posts held at constant readiness at Canberra today are worth a moment’s contemplation in the context of the strategic implications of the Obama mission.

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Alan Joyce faces fire in Senate grilling

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce faces a huge task to rebuild his credibility after a morning of intense questioning before a Senate inquiry.

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Qantas v Virgin: prepare to be bribed with bonuses

Qantas now has a real threat to deal with — Virgin Australia, with its bigger, cheaper business-class seats, real meals in economy class, lounges with food and seats for everyone. With lower fares.

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Post-grounding, now it’s the Qantas-Virgin bidding war

Qantas and its natural enemy, Virgin Australia, are rolling out a massive and costly bidding war to retain or gain the customers that matter, the ones who fly frequently.

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Union stirs up new turbulence for Qantas

With the Qantas lockout of more than 80,000 customers without notice coming to an end this afternoon, the dispute that a 2am Fair Work Australia ruling appeared to solve is already hitting new turbulence.

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Qantas AGM turns into a ferocious showdown

With calls to save Qantas from “Asianisation” outside, and at times angry attacks on management defence of its decisions inside, the Qantas AGM turned nasty.

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Qantas, safety body at odds over ‘wheels up’ approach

Qantas and safety investigator the ATSB have disagreed over an incident in which a Qantas 767 Cityflyer descended to 500 feet radio altitude with its wheels still up a mere 1500 metres north of Sydney Airport.

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