We thought we'd have this episode out within a few days of our previous one, but there was so many news items to review, so much to discuss and so many bits to splice together that it took a whole week to bring it to you. Weighing in at almost 2 hours, this episode has interviews, GA, follow ups and much much more.

With some brilliant segways between topics (and a few clangers), this episode includes the following items:

• Changes after the Kokoda accident
• Australia pledges $2m for Kokoda airstrip upgrade (ABC News)
• Virgin Blue and Delta rebuttal against Air New Zealand
• Virgin and Delta slam Air NZ attacks (Ari Sharp @ The Age)
• As we predicted, JetStar are going to Fiji
• Qantas and Virgin Blue in Fiji fight (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
• Jetstar to spoil V Australia’s Fiji flights? (Alex @ AusAviation)
• Webjet pressured by competition to drop fees
• Pressure On Webjet As Zuji and Expedia Drop Fees (Martin Kelly @ Travel Trends)
• Listener comments about laser pointers and aircraft
• @DanWebbage from the Airplane Geeks provides feedback on United Airlines and their 747-400s on the Pacific route
• @DanWebbage also gives us a report on a recent conference where he got to try different aircraft seats
• Some QANTAS stories from mechanical to financial
• Qantas makes emergency landing in Perth (Geoffrey @ The West Australian)
• Qantas yields remain under pressure (Bill Lindsay @ The Australian)
• Qantas feels the heat from the east (Geoff Easdown @ the Herald Sun)
• Qantas braces for long haul in red: IATA figures (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
• Qantas yield contractions continue, but appear to have stabilised; SIA downgraded on yield squeeze (Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation)
• Discounted tickets lure more to Qantas in July (news.com.au)
• It’s a Jetstar a rising at Qantas (Ben Sandilands @ Crikey)
• The Australian Government is putting