Geoff Dixon Quotations

Neither airline now believes the shareholding is necessary for the ongoing conduct of that relationship,

From a customer perspective, these flights will be like all other Qantas international services. They will have Qantas flight numbers, aircraft will be branded in Qantas livery and crew in Qantas uniforms will provide Qantas in-flight product.

I think it is very prudent to make sure your baggage is locked.

We don't expect to get 20% but if we get very close to it, given the other issues we have, the other benefits of having it in Australia, brand and all the rest of it, we'll be happy.

We are in for a pretty difficult three or four months,

We remain committed to our Australian heavy maintenance operations.

What we're trying to do is make sure the company is able to manage at about a $60 a barrel price. That is the challenge we have got ahead of us, I suppose.

While moving considerable parts of our business overseas would have provided overall greater savings, the successful restructuring in Australia also had the benefit of significant savings that would make the airline competitive.

We will gradually discontinue these interim arrangements and services as Virgin Blue and other carriers grow.

We would have liked it to be more profitable.

We have severe space limitations at Sydney and the limitations will increase in future years.

We will be able to move out well over 1,000 people.

We are waiting to see what the government really intends to do with MAS ... We do intend to talk further with them. We also talked to them about a possible commercial cooperation and we just have to see how it goes from there.

Both airlines believe that by working together we can deliver substantial public benefits, adding real value for customers and shareholders, boosting tourism and enhancing the further employment and investment potential of both airlines.

Based on current prices the Qantas Group will spend approximately Aust.$1 billion ($769 million) more on fuel in 2005/06 compared to the current financial year,

as long as we are in charge of our own areas I think it's OK.

As we make these changes, job losses across various areas of the business will be inevitable.

All our business transformation initiatives are now focused on enabling Qantas to meet its future expenditure commitments and profit projections with a fuel cost above $US60 a barrel.

Its a compromise, but then you have a brand issue here and a responsibility to the community. We also have a huge workforce with major skills, and our view would be to keep those skills here.

It is remarkable that both authorities appear to have completely ignored the ongoing crisis in the global aviation industry.

It's the closest contractual race I have ever seen in my time in industry.

The network will ultimately provide more services to Asia and the Pacific before expanding with second stage flying to Europe and other destinations.

I have to admit we have come from a pretty low base,

Certainly (the government) made some statements in recent times that they'd be very, very, concerned if this skill base went offshore.

The company will still record a strong result for the year ended 30 June 2003 and will remain one of the most profitable airlines in the world,