PCDU Episode 4: Hand Propped

06/08/2009 33 min Episodio 4
PCDU Episode 4: Hand Propped

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This week's episode comes out a little late as Steve's still in the USA and Grant was up in Sydney for the PCDU / SimpliFlying TweetUp that happened along side the Asia / Pacific Aviation Outlook Summit 2009. A great time was had by all who attended the event but now it's back to work as there's news to read, interviews to arrange and a podcast to produce.This week's episode includes the following topics:Jetstar launches world first SMS based boarding passJetstar's SMS boarding passes (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)Comparing Geoff Dixon with Alan Joyce at QANTASQantas boss a cautious optimist (Matt O'Sullivan @ The Age)Global aviation faces slow return to profits: Dixon (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)Joyce rules out Qantas merger (Matt O'Sullivan @ The Age)Alan Joyce kills off IPO plans amid Pacific rationalisation forecast (Ross Kelly @ The Australian)QANTAS fights backQantas vows to slug out fare ware (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)Qantas relaunches branded website (The Age)Qantas business blitz to hit Virgin (Steve Creedy @The Australian)Swine Flu impacts air travel and Cathay Pacific strugglesAsia-Pacific travel recovery falls foul of flu (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)Times are turbulent for Cathay as it faces storm (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)Virgin fights back, raises money and has a health scareV Australia Launches New One Way Fares to USAVirgin share offer takes flight (Matt O'Sullivan @ WA Today)Food poisoning scare on Virgin flights (ABC News)Tiger Improves its ActComplaints drop as Tiger Airways listens to customers (John Wright @ The Courier Mail)Remains of last missing RAAF airmen returned from Vietnam