Thanks to an opportunity presented by Shashank Nigam, Grant’s just had an article about the ongoing Jetstarisation of QANTAS published on Shashank’s Simpliflying site.
It provides a background on the birth of Jetstar, its growth to date and how it is destined to consume more of QANTAS’ mainline routes & aircraft. Head on over to Simpliflying and check out the article.
Thanks to Shashank for giving us the opportunity to gain further [...]
22
Feb
2010
The Jetstarisation of QANTAS is not over yet
Tags: 747, 787, A380, Alan Joyce, Australian Airlines, Ben Sandilands, Business Class, City Flyer, Economy, Emirates, first class, Impulse Airlines, Jetstar, Jetstarisation, LCC, Low Cost Carrier, Melbourne, Plane Talking, Premium Economy, QANTAS, Shashank Nigam, SimpliFlying, Singapore Airlines, Sydney, Tiger Airways, Virgin Blue
31
Dec
2009
Episode 22: Farewell 2009
Tags: 747, 787, A380, Adam Visccher, ADSB, Air New Zealand, Air Services, Airplane Geeks, Airspeed, Amberley, Bas Scheffers, Ben Ippolito, Carlo Santoro, CASA, Changi, Dane Golden, David Vanderhoof, GAAP, Gippsland Aeronautics, Jeremy Peck, JetConnect, Joel Haski, Karla Courtenay, Lang Kidby, Leo Laporte, Matt Hall, Michael Gilmour, Nick Brau, Nigel Lamb, Owen Zupp, Pilot's Flight Podlog, Podcast Answerman, QANTAS, RAAF, Rob Fyfe, Saj Ahmad, Shashank Nigam, Tiger Airways, UCAP, Uncontrolled Airspace
It’s the Christmas & New Year holiday period, plus down here it’s Summer so we’re totally into listening to long aviation podcasts when we’re not distracted by having fun. So, for all of our listeners who have long drives or lots of chores to do around home, we give you our longest episode yet. With a bit of Christmas cheer, we produce just over two hours of PCDU goodness including [...]
05
Dec
2009
Episode 19: Interview with a Vampire … Pilot (& Other Stories)
Tags: 747, A330, ADIRU, Air New Zealand, ATSB, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Canberra, Jetstar, Newcastle, Pacific Blue, QANTAS, RAAF, Richmond, Sydney, V Australia, Virgin Blue, Williamtown
Steve’s out sick (he must have eaten the fish :) so Grant’s flying solo on this one and cheating madly by assembling a few interviews and a slightly modified version of the Australia Desk segment we recorded for the Airplane Geeks’ Thanksgiving episode. The interviews include:
Matt Hall & Nigel Lamb
Carlo Santoro from Flight Experience Melbourne
Nick Brau on flying hot air balloons over Melbourne city
The news items we covered include:
British Airways [...]
15
Nov
2009
Episode 16: Rant on Steve, Rant on
Tags: 737, 747, 767, 777, A320, Adelaide, Air New Zealand, Airbus, Avalon, Boeing, Brisbane, DC10, F111, Fiire Bomber, fire, JAL, Jetstar, Jetstarised, Melbourne Airport, Narita, Newcastle, Owen Zupp, QANTAS, RBAR, RedBull AirRace, Sydney, tiger, V Australia, Victoria, Water Bomber, Wedgetail, YMML
Steve & Grant discuss all the latest news items that were of interest over the past couple of weeks. Steve also gets to have a few “c’est la vent” moments on some topics that were annoying him.
As if all that wasn’t enough, we also have a chat with Owen Zupp and reveal the winner of our first ever give away competition. Sorry, you’ll have to listen to the episode to [...]
01
Nov
2009
Episode 15: And now for something completely different, here is the news
Tags: 737, 747, A320, A330, A380, A4, Air Traffic Control, Airbus, Airshow, ALEA, Beaver, Black Saturday, bush fire, Centenary, crash, DHC-2, Diggers Rest, evacuation, fire, fire bomber, GA, General Aviation, Geoff Dixon, Hobart, Houdini, Il76, Ilyushin, Jamestown, Jandakot, Jetstar, KC-30, maintenance, MH-60R, MRTT, New Zealand, Newcastle, nose wheel, Perth, QANTAS, RA-Aus, RAAF, RAN, RedBull AirRace, RFDS, RNZAF, Rocket, Rocket Lab, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Skyhawk, Socceroos, Super Beaver, Sydney, Tiger Airways, Victoria, Virgin Blue
We’re back to being our opiniated selves with a backlog of news stories to work through and discuss. Once again Bas Scheffers joins us for some of the news and to discuss a number of RA-Aus items. From Beavers to Tigers and even Kiwi Skyhawks doing battle with bureaucracy, we cover a diverse range of topics including:
QANTAS shareholders fail to block Dixon’s $3m payment
Shareholders blast Qantas over Dixon payout (ABC [...]
20
Oct
2009
Episode 13: The Only Way is Zupp
Tags: 737, 747, Ansett, articles, Australian Aviation, author, Bert Hinkler, book, Bundaberg, Down to Earth, Hinkler Hall of Aviation, Hinkler House, Jabiru, Owen Zupp, RAAF, RFDS, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Skycraft Scout, There and Back
Of all the times for the technical gremlins to strike, it had to be for our “Lucky” 13th episode. We recorded a great discussion with Owen Zupp and, despite a fault in the call recorder that made us repeat a part, we thought we had it in the bag. We even feature our first ever give away in this episode and it’s a beauty (see the notes below for details).
However, [...]
