Episode 120: Ramp Rash, Tigers & Ballooning

26/10/2010 8 min Episodio 120
Episode 120: Ramp Rash, Tigers & Ballooning

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Beautiful weather leads to some great hot air ballooning for Grant in the Yarra Valley but meanwhile there's heaps of aviation news to review down under, including:Australian Department of Transport tells the US DOT that the Delta-V alliance should be given anti-trust immunity because the Australia <-> US route operates under an Open Skies Agreement (like we mentioned last week)V Australia 777 collides with a hangar while under tow & trying to pass an Air New Zealand 747 aircraft at LAX, leading to big problems dealing with passengersTiger Airways are charging people $30 per year to join their "Hot Fares" email list (the same thing the other airlines distribute for free)Tiger getting more A320s and starting to operate from Melbourne's Avalon airport as well as Tullamarine airport