Adam Thorn

The three-times-weekly service will initially operate via Singapore, but the carrier plans to turn the route direct when it takes delivery of longer-range aircraft.

Jake and Adam discuss what it means for the Flying Kangaroo and whether this is just the start of more delays to badly needed new aircraft.

The Australian cites a “high-level source” that states Jayne Hrdlicka “did not see it coming” despite the executive herself publicly suggesting the decision to leave was hers.

Last year’s Taipan crash was one of a string of accidents involving the aircraft type, which was separately grounded in 2019, 2021, and earlier in 2023.

The airline blamed “manufacturing delays” at Airbus, which means the first of its specially adapted A350-1000s will not arrive by its original delivery date of the end of next year.  

The union’s strong words come after the Flying Kangaroo lost a series of court cases that ruled the airline was wrong to remove more than 1,700 ground workers back in 2021.