Telling Australians that Qantas needs to be less Australian to be successful is not a winning message.
Cathay pacific
Qantas pilots dispute getting more bitter by the moment
The rhetoric in the Qantas pilots dispute today is more bitter than anything heard in airline circles since the infamous pilot strike of 1989.
Speculating on the Cathay Pacific near-disaster
Ben Sandilands offers his expert eye on Tuesday’s very hard landing of a Cathay Pacific A330-300 at Hong Kong’s airport and its similarities to a British Airways incident in 2008.
A ‘far miss’ in NT skies
The holiday media excitement over a ‘near miss’ between a Cathay Pacific A330-300 and a Virgin Blue 737-800 south of Darwin last Tuesday was in fact a ‘far miss’, explains Ben Sandilands.
Cathay Pacific’s September stats show signs of recovery
Cathay Pacific’s September operating stats show real signs that stronger regional economic activity is reviving business travel and the export of high value consumer goods and components by air freight, says Ben Sandilands.
Fool levy or fuel surcharge? Cheap oil hurts airline credibility
The airlines are scrambling today to deal with fuel below the $US 55 parity pricing benchmark, which makes their fuel surcharges look like a blatant rip-off, writes Ben Sandilands.
Time for corporate plod to throw the book at multiple Allco scandals
If you were the spindoctor for Allco Finance Group, you would be feeling pretty down this morning, writes Stephen Mayne.
Captains for cash threaten airlines
Big money is being offered to captains of Pacific Blue flights to switch to other international and domestic airlines as the world wide shortage of pilots tightens, writes Ben Sandilands.
