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QantasLink today joined forces with Tamworth Regional Council to officially launch the nation’s iconic country music event – the 2012 Jayco Tamworth Country Music Festival. This year’s event will be held in Tamworth NSW between 20 and 29 January 2012. Marking today’s launch in Sydney, QantasLink unveiled a Q400 aircraft featuring a large golden guitar […]

QantasLink, the workhorse of Australia’s regional aviation industry, has been named 2012’s ‘Regional Airline of the Year’ by leading industry journal Air Transport World – beating airlines from across the globe. Air Transport World editors cited QantasLink’s longstanding commitment to delivering an extensive network and excellent customer service for remote and rugged regions of outback […]

I’d like to congratulate tonight’s winners of the Chairman’s awards. Australia’s aviation excellence is recognised worldwide, and so recognition for Professional Excellence in this forum is very high praise. A great achievement.

In his address to the National Aviation Press Club, Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce announced Qantas plans to introduce new world leading technology, infrastructure and process to revolutionise the domestic check-in experience.

Today I was also pleased to announce that next year we will be recruiting 100 new engineering apprentices, taking our engineering apprentice numbers to 386, as part of Australia’s largest civil aviation apprentice program. And I’m pleased to mention this commitment this evening, because Reg Ansett himself was a great supporter of young people in aviation. I understand at one stage he personally provided 15 scholarships each year to allow young men to fulfil their dream of becoming a pilot.