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I don't know if we should be reading the last rites of the Saab 340 quite so soon yet, either, if these selective quotes from the Australian attributed to Air T are in context: Of course, eventually they will be replaced. With the engine renewal plan about the GE CT7-9B turboprop engines...

If this is real and long lasting, you would have to think that this could be an introduction of the Cessna 408P as well as possibly ATR42 into service story given Mountain Air is a Cessna 408 and ATR42 operator. At least they will get their Saab 340 spares back. The Cessna 408P passenger...

Since Binge lost all its HBO content? No reason at all to have Binge except for the Status Credits and I expect subscription numbers at Binge have crashed, that's why they would be running the promotion.

Very much a black box industry - the trouble is that when you really need it, because something has gone seriously wrong, usually the pet is too sick to transfer to another vet, so consumers are completely at the mercy of whether the pet insurance company will deal with the vet involved or not...

I expect that the Lite fares and then people trying to take more aboard, plus the volume issue with 6 or 12 more seats in the B738 fleet and no extra overhead bin space, is starting to show up on Virgin's on-time performance statistics, as well as some workplace sprain and strain injuries from...

This has been discussed everywhere, but in my opinion, its not so much the pro-British driver bias of the Sky coverage that is bad, as the decision making in the visual direction, with the latest race being a good example. Sainz went from the back of the grid to score points, and there was...

This is a massive flex by Qantas Loyalty - as the person in this article points out: Earning Qantas SC switches the Pavlovian response from collecting Qantas Frequent Flyer Points to earning Qantas Status on the ground. As others have said - without much behaviour change, many will earn...

Looks like the work experience kids being let loose inside Velocity again?

I think post administration that metric is definitely skewed because: 1. VA don't have many seats to fill i.e. loss of their entire widebody fleet? 2. Because of the change in the business, they don't fly many kilometers anymore, and a lot of their flying is short haul and a lot of unproductive...

Funny you should mention that - almost the first question in the survey was along the lines of "Are you aware of ClubJetstar?" So shows their line of thinking, my reply to that was "Yes I am aware of Club Jetstar but I don't partake because 1. I can't stand flying JQ and 2. The "benefits" of...

Market research ongoing - looks like the market research people have been instructed to find out where all their once-loyal flyers have gone, some interesting thinking going on there but can't help think this might be a case of the stable door after the horse has bolted.... Lots of...

I guess Alpine is possible but surely Christian Horner would want to be the undisputed No 1 in any team and going from having to deal with Helmut Marko to Flavio Briatore probably won't appeal much to him, although I would take Flavio any day of the week over having to deal with Helmut. I...

If you"re into lazy generalizations then how about any person flying for work or fare paid by any employer regardless of industy be excluded from VA lounges? Sound fair now?

Quick question, is that total domestic travel figure a +18% in the travel budget or a simple number of flights taken by your company? I expect that your Virgin account manager has identified a problem in forward bookings and potential cash flow so will be interesting to see what happens there...

And then it will be a matter of waiting the 5-10 years between an announcement and an actual seat on an aircraft being a reality.....

Congrats on obtaining Plat status with Virgin, sounds like you do a fair bit of flying and a strategic status match to Qantas might be a good idea, assuming your work travel is your choice of airline. I don't think you are alone in that the Velocity changes have prompted many/some people to look...

That is so stupid - family pooling and priority boarding were the two things that Virgin/Velocity had a natural competitive advantage, now with Qantas finally getting their s%^t together and implementing priority boarding, some genius has decided that family pooling and the behaviour of two...

If your nearest Virgin served airport is 1.5 hours drive away and the nearest Qantaslink airport is 15 minutes away then it sounds like you might be on the edge of metropolitan or maybe in a regional area? If so you are unlikely to get business class service on Qantaslink if its a Dash 8...

First flight in one from BNE-MEL a few days ago in Y around row 17 or so and probably only 70-75% load factor. My impressions were not any quieter than a B717 and marginal improvement on a B738 noise levels, maybe the Y seats a few mm wider (?), legroom ok, grey fabric looks great but might age...

I read that their plan was to have Saab 340 hubs in CBR and DRW, maintain and reactivate some Saabs and an unknown (jet?) larger aircraft to be based in CBR and DRW but cruciallly not do much golden triangle flying in direct competition to QF and VA. The interview was very much about getting out...