Just as investor confidence was being battered for the second day in a row by a surprise from a leading bank, there’s a new forecast of a further downturn in business confidence, writes Glenn Dyer.
Aviation
Dixon ejects as Qantas jumps for Joyce
The appointment of Alan Joyce, the CEO of Jetstar, as the new Qantas CEO, comes as a shock, writes Ben Sandilands.
ATC emerges as a threat to air safety. Something should be done
Staff shortages are crippling Australian air traffic control. It’s just not safe, writes Ben Sandilands.
Qantas slashes lightly. A bit.
The Qantas-slashes-itself-lightly media event this morning was the vaguest ever given by its management, writes Ben Sandilands.
CASA monitors ATC, calls for radar replay
It would appear that CASA has finally been “pushed” into reviewing TIBA (Traffic Information Broadcast Areas). And they were shocked at the results, writes an air traffic control insider.
Tips and rumours
Further to tips given to Crikey earlier in the year that Ausenco would struggle to complete their Lumwana Copper Project on time, Ausenco have announced to the ASX that the main transformer compound on the site caught fire, further delaying commisioning of the Plant. The project was due for completion 30 June, so was already […]
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CASA in flames
Already in the news after its belated grounding of Torres Strait carrier Aero Tropics on Friday, CASA will be under scrutiny in the Senate this week as well.
Qantas peace talks loom amid litany of cancellations
Truth is turning into an early casualty as Qantas management, the ACTU and the Australian Licensed Engineers Association get ready for ‘possible’ peace talks on Monday, reports Ben Sandilands.
Brisbane airport insider: Corby family demonised us
In light of the news that the Queensland Law Society (QLS) has advised airport baggage handlers to lodge a complaint against Schapelle Corby’s former lawyer after he admitted in the Nine TV documentary that he fabricated the defence that baggage handlers put the drugs in Corby’s bag, a Brisbane airport baggage handler voices their outrage.
Qantas trashes the brand to save the business
Qantas is trying to centralise the rewards of running an airline and externalise the costs and risks. But it’s not as easy as that, writes Ben Sandilands.
Garuda crash: time to ask more questions
The pressure on the Infrastructure Department to explain the incompetence of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau office in Jakarta in the aftermath of the 07 March 2007 Garuda crash at Yogyakarta is rising, writes Ben Sandilands.
Qantas dispute may end in groundings
Qantas risks the grounding of parts of its fleet if the current dispute with licensed engineers and mechanics continues, writes Ben Sandilands.
Yogyakarta Airport in safety breach when Garuda jet crashed
Investigations by an aviation auditing firm has discovered that Yogyakarta Airport was unlicensed when a Garuda jet crashed there on 7 March 2007 killing 21 people including five Australians, writes Ben Sandilands.
Flying on Qantas next week? You might want to read this
If this week is any guide, next week’s rolling stop work meetings by Qantas ground engineers will make flying on the airline hell, writes Ben Sandilands.
Air Traffic Controllers are crying out for help
I’m angry, disheartened, and in complete shock as to what is happening in our aviation industry, writes an air traffic controller’s wife.
Prickly poisonous fire: the plastic airliner horror
Crikey’s aviation expert Ben Sandilands on new ways to die in an air accident.
Qantas braces for safety compliance shut downs
No-one is putting hard figures on this, but Qantas faces widespread safety compliance enforced shut downs of its inter-city services by the end of this week unless it resolves its dispute with the maintenance union, writes Ben Sandilands.
Government launches inquiry into CASA. Why?
A snap inquiry into the Civil Aviation Safety Authority was sprung by the government this morning. Ben Sandilands asks why?
Tiger Airways, flying the expensive skies
The small print on the supposedly cheap airfares offered by Tiger Airways contain some very big, yet hidden, “taxes and charges”, writes Adam Schwab.
Fuel for thought: Airlines and car makers adapt to surging oil prices
It seems big business, especially the US car industry and the aviation industry, is rapidly getting the message that high oil and petrol prices are here to stay, writes Glenn Dyer
Qantas trip a Fawlty Towers fever dream
Last week I was prepared to give Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon the benefit of the doubt when listening to his opposition to a 5% pay rise for engineers… writes Qantas passenger John Sneddon.
Garuda almosts land on airport workers. Will Rudd demand answers?
An alarming incident at Perth Airport involving a Garuda Indonesia 737 last Friday has come to light, writes Ben Sandilands.
The jet engine ice age cometh
There are hints that a jet ice age is about to be confirmed by aircraft engine makers, writes Ben Sandilands.
Virgin and Jetstar go head to head over Launceston
In pilot parlance passenger flights by Virgin Blue and Jetstar played “swish swish” over Launceston Airport last Thursday night, just after the control tower closed at 10pm, writes Ben Sandilands.
