Episode 115: The Oprah-Jet

21/09/2010 8 min Episodio 115
Episode 115: The Oprah-Jet

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We briefly touch on a few items:Boeing lifts forecasts for aircraft useage in OceaniaVictoria will not get a DC10 water bomber next season but will instead get 2 Convair 580s & another Erickson skycraneBritish Airways may still want to merge with Qantas but Qantas says "No thanks"John Borghetti's going to fight the US DoT & ACCC decisions and they're asking for 3 weeks extension to respond - meanwhile Qantas objects to the Etihad allianceBut all of this is small stuff compared to the 'big' news:Qantas are going to fly Oprah and an A380 full of her fans to Australia!We discuss John Travolta's involvement and a local comedian's idea for a "real" welcome to Melbourne.Meanwhile, in other big news, Richard Branson was in Australia for Virgin Blue's 10th birthday and had the following to say:He's upset about the US DoT & ACCC decisionsThat Virgin Blue may pull out of the trans-tasman market entirelyThe name Virgin will remain in the brandThey'll continue to undercut QantasNOTE: Yes, we stuffed up - we kept referring to Etihad instead of Emirates when talking about airlines flying over the Tasman. DOH! Sorry :(