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Qantas Logs Best Year Ever: Qantas recorded a record $103. 6m profit for the year 1986/87, more than doubling the result of the previous year. Furthermore, the company saw an increase in its offshore revenue base which essentially acts as an invisible export earner. Reflecting this, traffic to and from Japan was up 40%, to
Coastwatch Contract Furor Continues: The contract for the coastal surveillance of Australia’s coastline should be reopened for tender and the Dept of Transport procedures in relation to that contract be subjected to a thorough investigation, Bruce Lloyd, Deputy Leader and National Party aviation spokesman said following further delays in ferrying the Amann Coastwatch aircraft to
Pc-9 Delayed by Engine Fault: Initial delivery of two Swiss-built Pilatus PC-9 trainers for the RAAF have been delayed till at least October. The aircraft were originally scheduled for delivery during July. Cause of the delay is an unusual Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) problem concerning the aircraft’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-62 engine. EMI was
Qantas Engine Decision Virtually Severs Long Time Connection With Pratt & Whitney: Qantas ended an association of more than four decades with US engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, during July when it announced that it would opt for engines from General Electric to power its proposed fleet of 767-300 twinjets. The decision is seen as
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Winds of Change It used to be said, and I guess it still is, that a day is a long time in politics. Today that overused cliche applies just as aptly when referring to the politics of the airline community. Deregulation has not even reached Australia yet we have a situation where major changes are
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