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Flight cancellations reach record highs

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Flight cancellations reach record highs as Australians demand answers

With pandemic restrictions now mostly behind us, more and more Australians are taking to the skies for a long-awaited vacation.

But as travel demand surges, customers are increasingly facing flight delays and cancellations at levels not seen in years.

The aviation sector is in crisis mode. Thousands of passengers are continuing to be delayed, or stranded all together, at airports right across the country.

New data reveals one-in-four planes are late or are being cancelled, as airlines cut flights.

The current figures for flight punctuality in Australia are at their lowest levels since official records began back in 2003.

In October, just over 69 per cent of flights arrived on time, while 68 per cent left when scheduled.

While last month’s figures did tick up a little from September’s records, travellers are still facing some of the worst flight delays and cancellations the nation has ever seen.

In an effort to improve on-time performance, many airlines have significantly reduced the number of flights they are operating. This in itself is leading to higher ticket prices.

Which airlines are performing better than others when it comes to punctuality?

The Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport found Qantas was the top-performing airline in October, with 74 per cent of the airline’s flights arriving on time.

In second place is Virgin, with 64 per cent of their planes touching down when they were supposed to.

At the other end of the spectrum, Jetstar has the worst on-time performance. The low-cost carrier also has one of the highest cancellation rates.

It comes as Australia’s consumer watchdog says it has received a record number of travel-related complaints.

 

 

 

William is an Executive News Producer at TICKER NEWS, responsible for the production and direction of news bulletins. William is also the presenter of the hourly Weather + Climate segment. With qualifications in Journalism and Law (LLB), William previously worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) before moving to TICKER NEWS. He was also an intern at the Seven Network's 'Sunrise'. A creative-minded individual, William has a passion for broadcast journalism and reporting on global politics and international affairs.

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The “day of reckoning” for startups is here

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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has uncovered the truth about the startup sector. What rose from the ashes of the GFC is now a bubble about to burst.

 
We are going to start right back in 2008. Remember the Global Financial Crisis? it was meant to have huge ramifications for the banking sector – And after all the collapses, all the redundancies, all the pain – we were told it could never happen again.

Well just a few weeks ago, the very foundations of our banking system were called into question – again.

Silicon Valley Bank may not be the world’s biggest, or even America’s biggest – but it did punch above its weight. Why? Because of its title. It was literally the bank of Silicon Valley.

The past 16 years have been extraordinary for the startup sector. Enormous growth multiples that defied the rest of Wall Street.

That is – until the music stopped in the investment community. All these startups that believed you could be worth a billion dollars on the back of buzz suddenly realised the money had run dry.
It’s now about good old-fashioned profit. It had to happen some time.

But it happened right after COVID – and right before all that stimulus money washing around the community had to be taken back. Interest rates had to rise, and suddenly all these startups had to withdraw their cash to survive.

Central Banks now find themselves at a horrible crossroads. Keep raising rates to fight inflation, but risk financial instability.

The job of central bankers is to keep banks stable. But in order to keep them stable, they have to raise rates to combat inflation, and the unintended consequences about that hit really hard.

The central banks are now contradicting themselves. To create stability, they have to create instability. It’s the problem with their blunt instruments.

Let’s take Silicon Valley Bank – More expensive money reduced the value of their securities portfolios and has made it likelier that depositors will flee to the big banks.

Did you hear that? So after creating the conditions that led to too much money in the economy, to now raising rates to claw it all back, that now led to instability in the financial system – the Fed doesn’t want to know.

Let’s bring it back to the poor depositors of Silicon Valley Bank – It’s a nightmare out there in startup land.

Economic fear and funding uncertainty has put startup-founder mental health in a tailspin. Many suffer in silence because they worry that talking about it will worry investors that the sector is in trouble.

The startup economy of today is eerily similar to the banking sector of 2007 right before the financial crisis – with companies dangerously close to the edge. #Silicon Valley bank #svb #credit suisse #fed reserve #silicon valley

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Accenture to axe 19,000 jobs

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The tech consulting firm says economic conditions have brought on the move

Accenture has announced it will be slashing 19,000 jobs at the tech consulting firm.

It’s all part of a proposal to cut costs to deal with a tight economic environment.

The company says it won’t put a freeze on hiring despite 2.5 per cent of staff departing in the next 18 months.

In a statement, the company says “there continues to be significant economic and geopolitical uncertainty in many markets around the world, which has impacted and may continue to impact our business.”

The company is expecting annual revenue growth to be up to 10 per cent for this year, which is a slight downgrade on pervious estimates.

The axing comes amid Meta and Amazon are downsizing their workforce.

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Etihad Airways in trouble over emissions reduction plans

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Australia’s consumer watchdog is considering action

Etihad Airways is in hot water over allegations it lied about its emissions reduction plans.

Australia’s consumer watchdog is now considering action against the airline as the body crackdown on so-called greenwashing.

It follows two Etihad advertisements that appeared on digital advertising banners during a football match at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on 15 February last year.

The ad had the words “net zero emissions by 2050” next to its logo.

In another commercial, the airline claimed “Flying shouldn’t cost the Earth”.

Flight Free Australia claims the ads convey the misleading impression that flying with Etihad does not have a significant environmental impact and Etihad intends to achieve net zero by 2050.

But the group says middle eastern airline has no credible path to net zero emissions by this date and it is not “technologically, practically, or economically feasible” to reach this goal.

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