Australia's new regional airline to announce name
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Australia's new regional airline to announce name
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Al E Vator guesses it may be known as REGIONAL EXPRESS.
REX. REX Aviation...mmm.
Australia's new regional airline to announce name
The regional airlines, Hazelton and Kendell, have been sold to the Australiawide Consortium at the cost of about $40 million.
After 11 months under administration, a majority of employees can now be certain they have a job.
The CEO of Australiawide, Michael Jones, signed on the dotted line at midday yesterday.
He says a new name for the airline will be announced next Tuesday but his first priority is to reassure staff they are working for a successful airline.
"All the staff who are employed with us today are Australiawide staff and they'll be going forward with us," he said.
"There are no more redundancies to be made, there'll be no more changes, people know what their jobs are and we can now get down to business and focus on doing what we need to do."
More than 100 staff have been made redundant by the sale but ACTU secretary Greg Combet says the unions have substantially maintained conditions for employees.
"We've negotiated industrial agreements that try and ensure that it's a viable proposition, we've helped save 700 jobs of former Ansett employees and it's something we're very pleased to contribute to," he said.
Mr Combet says many of the jobs are in the regional areas of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, where employment levels are critical for local economies.
Turning point
The Federal Transport Minister, John Anderson, says the long awaited sale of Kendell and Hazelton airlines is a turning point for regional aviation.
After almost a year of negotiations, the regional carriers have a new owner with Australiawide signing the on-again, off-again deal.
It was due to be finalised on Wednesday night but a hiccup over aircraft leasing arrangements led to a further delay.
Mr Anderson says a slow deal is better than no deal at all.
"I do think that the only way now for regional aviation is up and if we can see a similar level of commitment from some of the state governments that the Commonwealth has now displayed over the last ten months or so that would be very welcome," he said.
SA assistance
The sale of the regional airlines may not have gone ahead if not for last minute assistance from the South Australia Government.
The consortium's Mr Jones says the process may have been further delayed if the South Australian Government had not waived stamp duty costs for about 10 aircraft.
But, he says it is a relief the process is finally complete.
"We started the final wrap up of completion at lunchtime yesterday (Wednesday)and we haven't stopped so in the good Australian vernacular I'm shattered!" he said.
"So I think it will sink in in the next few hours but at the moment it's relief more than anything."
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Hope Mr Jones does a better job running the airline than buying it. Good luck staff!
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Al E Vator guesses it may be known as REGIONAL EXPRESS.
REX. REX Aviation...mmm.
Australia's new regional airline to announce name
The regional airlines, Hazelton and Kendell, have been sold to the Australiawide Consortium at the cost of about $40 million.
After 11 months under administration, a majority of employees can now be certain they have a job.
The CEO of Australiawide, Michael Jones, signed on the dotted line at midday yesterday.
He says a new name for the airline will be announced next Tuesday but his first priority is to reassure staff they are working for a successful airline.
"All the staff who are employed with us today are Australiawide staff and they'll be going forward with us," he said.
"There are no more redundancies to be made, there'll be no more changes, people know what their jobs are and we can now get down to business and focus on doing what we need to do."
More than 100 staff have been made redundant by the sale but ACTU secretary Greg Combet says the unions have substantially maintained conditions for employees.
"We've negotiated industrial agreements that try and ensure that it's a viable proposition, we've helped save 700 jobs of former Ansett employees and it's something we're very pleased to contribute to," he said.
Mr Combet says many of the jobs are in the regional areas of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, where employment levels are critical for local economies.
Turning point
The Federal Transport Minister, John Anderson, says the long awaited sale of Kendell and Hazelton airlines is a turning point for regional aviation.
After almost a year of negotiations, the regional carriers have a new owner with Australiawide signing the on-again, off-again deal.
It was due to be finalised on Wednesday night but a hiccup over aircraft leasing arrangements led to a further delay.
Mr Anderson says a slow deal is better than no deal at all.
"I do think that the only way now for regional aviation is up and if we can see a similar level of commitment from some of the state governments that the Commonwealth has now displayed over the last ten months or so that would be very welcome," he said.
SA assistance
The sale of the regional airlines may not have gone ahead if not for last minute assistance from the South Australia Government.
The consortium's Mr Jones says the process may have been further delayed if the South Australian Government had not waived stamp duty costs for about 10 aircraft.
But, he says it is a relief the process is finally complete.
"We started the final wrap up of completion at lunchtime yesterday (Wednesday)and we haven't stopped so in the good Australian vernacular I'm shattered!" he said.
"So I think it will sink in in the next few hours but at the moment it's relief more than anything."
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Hope Mr Jones does a better job running the airline than buying it. Good luck staff!
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Whatevr Al etc, but I just hope it's not something embarrassing like 'Southern Cloud Airlines' or similar.
There was a guy who ran groundschols at Bankstown some years ago who named his PA28 Southern Cloud and had the same callsign.
Oh dear!
There was a guy who ran groundschols at Bankstown some years ago who named his PA28 Southern Cloud and had the same callsign.
Oh dear!
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With a bit of luck (and time) the CEO will learn how to control his foul mouth in public meetings, and not denigrate and alienate the various professionals in different parts of the company.
Respect must be earned, not commanded.....
Respect must be earned, not commanded.....
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Jarse Mate;
It all sounds so distressingly familiar, Ground Hog Day wasn't just a movie you know.
One of Peter Paul and Marys best songs was "When will they ever learn"
All the REALLY, REALLY, TRULY succesful people I have met and there have been a few with untold squillions of REAL money, are unfailingly polite and respectful to the professional people who work for them and any one else with whom they come into contact.
All the rest are just jumped up role playing wannabe jerks, who have been watching too many Wall St movies.
I still get and exchange personal, not form type, Christmas cards from some seriously wealthy people that I have met over the years who could buy and sell some of these tyros before morning tea. Except that it would be unlikely that they would do business with them in the first place if they were that uncouth.
Good civilised manners cost nothing yet are priceless.
It all sounds so distressingly familiar, Ground Hog Day wasn't just a movie you know.
One of Peter Paul and Marys best songs was "When will they ever learn"
All the REALLY, REALLY, TRULY succesful people I have met and there have been a few with untold squillions of REAL money, are unfailingly polite and respectful to the professional people who work for them and any one else with whom they come into contact.
All the rest are just jumped up role playing wannabe jerks, who have been watching too many Wall St movies.
I still get and exchange personal, not form type, Christmas cards from some seriously wealthy people that I have met over the years who could buy and sell some of these tyros before morning tea. Except that it would be unlikely that they would do business with them in the first place if they were that uncouth.
Good civilised manners cost nothing yet are priceless.
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eh???
Mr Combet says many of the jobs are in the regional areas of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, where employment levels are critical for local economies.
Lst Res (25 people) closed today. The KD offices on KNS and KGC will be closing soon (they are just waiting for the date) to be replaced by 1 contractor in the case of KNS for turnaround; I have no idea how many contractors for KGI. I'd say that there are other regional offices closing but I only know of the above two personally. BWT and DPO run by contractors already as far as I know. Job losses at KD Wagga also
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This occured at a recent staff meeting. Information from a ZL employee who attended and was totally shocked and dismayed by some of said persons statements, especially at a time where one should be trying to emphasise the positives and get people to work together.
Not the opposite.
Not the opposite.
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Launch tomorrow in CBR.
Plane lands @ 1300 with John Anderson and the airport firies on hand to welcome the new a/c. Will park bay 7C.
Announcements and press conference to follow.
Plane lands @ 1300 with John Anderson and the airport firies on hand to welcome the new a/c. Will park bay 7C.
Announcements and press conference to follow.
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I'd be fascinated to know what the owners of the business name and/or company Rex Aviation ( a once proud and deadset major and positive influence in the history of aviation in this country until it was trashed by you know who) think about it.
I think I'll toddle down to the companies office this morning and register the name of this little charter business I've been toying with called Qwik Flyte. Geoff can contact me through these pages.
It is run on the classic Oz aviation business formula of make a big noise, grab all the cash you can lay your hands on by pumping it up with Government funds, grabbing the staff super fund and any others sucker money you can lay your hands on by the time honoured smoke and mirrors routine, not paying your creditors and after a suitable period let the carcass drop with the "external and market forces, it wasn't my fault we was robbed" routine, the script for which is available for a small fee (another of my little business ventures).
I think I'll toddle down to the companies office this morning and register the name of this little charter business I've been toying with called Qwik Flyte.
Geoff can contact me through these pages.It is run on the classic Oz aviation business formula of make a big noise, grab all the cash you can lay your hands on by pumping it up with Government funds, grabbing the staff super fund and any others sucker money you can lay your hands on by the time honoured smoke and mirrors routine, not paying your creditors and after a suitable period let the carcass drop with the "external and market forces, it wasn't my fault we was robbed" routine, the script for which is available for a small fee (another of my little business ventures).
