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  Qantas Deploys Nuclear Option In Labor Dispute - UPDATED

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 10:24 AM on Oct 29, 2011

  Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is upping the ante dramatically in the carrier’s battle with its unions by locking out workers and grounding the carrier’s mainline fleet.The grou... Read More >>

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  Media loses the plot on Qantas story

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 12:43 AM on Aug 17, 2011

  If anyone ever doubted that you can’t believe everything you read, the media speculation preceding the big Qantas restructure certainly proves it.  The guessing-game was... Read More >>

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  Confronting the ash quandry

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 1:57 AM on Jun 14, 2011

  Qantas is looking increasingly isolated in its cautious approach to ash-related cancelations, and rival Air New Zealand is making sure everyone knows it. Qantas Group carriers &... Read More >>

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  Shock Prone Qantas

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 3:47 AM on Mar 31, 2011

  New estimates released by Qantas this week underline how much airlines are at the mercy of events over which they have no control. Qantas has had to deal with an unusual convergenc... Read More >>

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  Star power for safety videos

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 12:46 AM on Mar 24, 2011

  Qantas and Air New Zealand are not winning universal approval for their latest safety briefing videos, both of which use guest appearances to get more people to watch. In Qantas&rs... Read More >>

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  New Culprit For QF32 Engine Fire

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 6:07 AM on Dec 02, 2010

  According to new findings released today, a flawed oil feed pipe could have been a cause of the oil fire that led to an uncontained engine failure in the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engi... Read More >>

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  Joyce Praised For A380 Response

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 10:54 PM on Nov 25, 2010

  Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is being lauded for mounting a very effective PR campaign in the wake of the Airbus A380 groundings. A Bloomberg story quotes a crisis management expert as sa... Read More >>

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  New headache for Qantas

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 11:01 AM on Nov 15, 2010

  While it seems pretty obvious that Qantas' latest inflight incident is unconnected to its A380 engine headaches, it still has disproportionate ramifications for the carr... Read More >>

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  Qantas A380 - Prime Suspect Identified

  Posted by Guy Norris 10:34 PM on Nov 10, 2010

  The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has revealed the first clues as to what may have caused the catastrophic failure of the Trent 900 engine powering a Qantas A380 on Nov 4.... Read More >>

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  Hunt On For A380 Engine Part

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 4:37 AM on Nov 07, 2010

  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is appealing for help from local residents in finding what could be a major clue to what happened to the Trent 900 engine on QF32. The ATS... Read More >>

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