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
15
Jan
2010
Episode 23: Australia: A TSA free zone (for now)
Tags: A380, Air New Zealand, AirAsia, Amadeus, Antarctica, Avro Avian, c'est la vent, callsign, CME, Constellation, Coronal Mass Ejection, disestablished, Garuda Indonesia, Go Cat, GPS, Guy Menzies, Jack Seymour, Jetstar, Jetstar Pacifiic, Joint Venture, L-1049, Mawson, Mile High Flyers, Pilot's Flight Podlog, QANTAS, Rockhampton, Shashank Nigam, SimpliFlying, Student Flight, Tiger Airways, TSA, Vickers, Vietnam
Even down here in Australia we’re being impacted by the out-of-control antics of the TSA, so what the heck, we’ll have a bit of a c’est la vent moment about it. We also have our usual opinionated discussion on some other news items and chat with Shashank Nigam from SimpliFlying.
Here’s how the show proceeds:
Prosecutors want Garuda pilot back in jail (ABC News)
Farmer’s flight path message for charity (ABC News)
The first [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
22
Jul
2009
Episode 2: Aero Neuro What???
Tags: A380, Adelaide, Air New Zealand, airport, Airways, alcohol, British Airways, CA-27 Sabre, Darwin, Delta, drunk, F86 Sabre, Garuda, Melbourne, Perth, QANTAS, RAAF, reality TV, REX, Richmond, Singapore Airlines, Sydney, Temora Aviation Museum, Tiger Airways, V Australia, Virgin Blue
Surprisingly less than one week after our first episode was released, we’re releasing our second episode. During this one, we discuss the following items:
Singapore Airlines to fly A380 to Melbourne
Superjumbo threat to Qantas stepped up (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
British Airways cutting flights to Australia
British Airways to cut flights to Australia (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
Garuda ends their only flight to Darwin
Plea for Garuda to retain Darwin flights (Daniel Bourchier [...]
16
Jul
2009
Episode 1: And so it begins…
Tags: A330, A340, A380, Caribou, Delta, DHC4, Emirates, episode, F111, F18 Hornet, Hornet, Jetstar, QANTAS, RAAF, Super Hornet, Tiger Airways, V Australia, Virgin Blue
Weighing in at a whole 27 minutes and 18 seconds, here’s the first episode of the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast. During this episode, we discuss the following news items:
Emirates EK407 tailstrike – the Captain tells his story and we comment on fatigue issues
The RAAF’s first F/A-18F Super Hornet rolls off the production line plus comments on the pending F-111 & DH4C Caribou retirements
Tiger Airways adds a 7th aircraft to [...]
