Year: 2014

Over 50 years the jet has had a profound effect on Australia’s domestic airlines In 1965 when domestic pure jet service in Australia was a few months old, a year’s salary would have purchased nine return flights across the country – today that number is almost 200! Such is the dramatic advance in efficiency jet

Qantas will consider its options for new narrobody aircraft in the ”medium term”, says chief financial officer Gareth Evans. Evans was speaking in Seattle where Qantas had just taken delivery of its 75th and last Boeing 737-800 on order, the “retro” painted VH-XZP. That aircraft’s delivery means Qantas mainline currently has no outstanding firm aircraft

Australia’s domestic carriers flew fuller aircraft in September as capacity cuts helped boost load factors, latest figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) said capacity, as measured by available seat kilometres, on regular public transport (RPT) services fell 0.8 per cent in September, compared with the prior corresponding period. This content

Airbus says it will build five new “Beluga” transportation aircraft to cater for the planned production rate increases of its aircraft models. The manufacturer said on November 17 the design of the new Belugas, which transport large components between Airbus’s various production sites around the world, would be based on its twin-engine Airbus A330 with

Qantas’s retro painted 737 has begun its delivery flight to Australia. The Boeing 737-800, featuring the airline’s iconic ochre livery of the 1970s and early 1980s, took off from Boeing Field in Seattle at 0833 local time on Monday, according to flight monitoring website Flightaware. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

When Poh Ling Yeow creates a dish, the recipe is usually drawn up for between four and eight people. Ten at most. However, her new collaboration with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) means preparing meals for a fully loaded Airbus A330-300 filled with 283 passengers, which can be quite a daunting process. This content is available exclusively