Qantas still the safest – Dixon
The Australian reports today that Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said his airline remains “probably the safest” in the world, despite three emergency landings from mid-air faults in just over a week.
Mr Dixon said there was no systemic problem behind the three incidents.
“We do know we have no systemic problem in this company,” he told ABC radio.
“I mean we are still probably the safest airline flying around.”
But he acknowledged the widespread coverage generated by the run of safety issues was damaging to Qantas’ reputation.
“I am quite sure that things are talked about, continual issues cause some reputational damage,” Mr Dixon said.
“It is our job to make sure we get that reputation back.”
A Qantas 767 flight turned back for an emergency landing at Sydney Airport on Saturday after a hydraulic fluid leak was discovered.
It followed a Qantas emergency landing nine days earlier at Manila after a hole ripped open in a jet’s fuselage enroute from Hong Kong to Melbourne, and a domestic flight being forced to return to Adelaide last Tuesday after a wheel bay door failed to close.
Mr Dixon said having three incidents in just over a week was not necessarily “an extraordinary situation”, and around the world on any day airlines would be found having turnbacks.
“We’re a very, very conservative company – we turn back on just about everything and so we should, that’s the way we’ve operated over so many years.”
“And, by the way, that is why we do have such a good record and that record is still very, very good.”
A report by The Mole from The Australian
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