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Air travel technology provider SITA says it is working with airports, airlines and the Australian government to expand the use of biometrics as part of efforts to help speed up and improve the passenger experience. In March 2017, Air New Zealand, Brisbane Airport and SITA commenced an Australia-first trial featuring the use of facial recognition
Airbus bills its A380 as “the passengers’ favourite”. That’s the message on Airbus’s “I fly A380” marketing website devoted to the world’s largest passenger aircraft, which among other things features a wall of social media posts from scores of happy travellers. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading
Today’s ‘Throwback Thursday’ feature from a past edition of Australian Aviation is this June 2013 article that looks at the options that never were to replace the RAAF’s fighter force. It is now history that, as a result of delays to the RAAF’s AIR 6000 New Air Combat Capability (NACC) project brought on by development
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) has unveiled its new cabin products on board its Boeing 787-10 fleet after the first of the type arrived at Changi Airport on Wednesday morning following its marathon delivery flight from North Charleston, South Carolina via Osaka Kansai. Bright skies and sunny conditions greeted the 787-10 9V-SCA as it touched down a
So what is it like spending 17 hours in an aircraft while flying some 8,000nm? Australian Aviation was among the 140-odd passengers in the economy cabin of Qantas’s inaugural QF9 service between Perth and London Heathrow, operated by Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading
Welcome to our latest “Throwback Thursday” feature article from a past edition of Australian Aviation. Here, this August 2017 issue story looked at Qantas’s work with the University of Sydney to help reduce jetlag on its Perth-London Heathrow nonstop flights with the Boeing 787-9, which commence on Saturday. Anyone who has ever made the journey
