Att: All Qantas Crew, re: Airbus a330 & recruitment
Just came from a meeting of the xxxxxx development team.
A330-200 will stop flying domestically shortly and we are taking delivery of the 7 x A330-300 next year. They will fly regional international. The A330-200 will be replaced domestically by the 767-300 fleet we have doing asia etc now.
A330-200,300 will be re fitted with flat beds (silver chair project) and have the latest airbus comfort technology. Onboard phone, email,sms etc.
737-800 another 18 will be delivered over the next 18 months taking the 737-800 fleet to 40.
March 2006 will be the first delivery of A380, qf team start work on interior design next month.
Complete upgrade of all j & p class cabins. snack bars and refreshment centre (self serve) built into aircraft interiors.
More information to come with low cost airline news to be released within the month.
Well done to all qantas staff during the Bali, Gulf war 2 & sars down turns. Profit was amoungst the highest in the aviation world. Singapore airlines lost $241 million US for the last half of the year and we all know how good they are at yield management.
Looks brighter for ppruners on wait lists, we have recruitment processes underway for interviewers,trainers & ep trainers as we speak. Expect some news on the job front around xmas time.