The Flying Kangaroo now says the disruption later caused by the Delta strain of COVID would have meant it would have had no choice but to let 1700 ground handlers go anyway, after they were made redundant earlier in the pandemic.
It comes after reports revealed taxpayers will pay $450m for the two new Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) because the cost of leasing replacements for 12 years rose from $372m to $550m, making an outright purchase more affordable.
VH-UJT, better known as ‘Shazza’, took off from the Sunshine Coast at 7:58am and landed in Port Hedland at 10:33am, and is now due to fly to Kuala Lumpur.
Tony Brun, who has served as Avalon’s CEO since the exit of Justin Giddings in October 2022, announced that he was stepping down from his role at Melbourne’s secondary airport to take up “a new Chief Executive opportunity in Saudi Arabia”.
The 767 was retired from passenger duty in 2014 but the Flying Kangaroo kept one to fly freight services. It comes as the airline begins its biggest overhaul of its domestic, international and cargo aircraft in a generation.
In this crossover podcast with Australian Aviation’s sister podcast brand The Adviser, Richard Garner discusses his love of flying – and how he juggles so many different jobs.
Despite commissioning a study and the development of a business case for a first stage High Speed Rail link between Sydney and Newcastle, the Federal […]
