Marc Joel Atrero

Five years of Air New Zealand’s viral inflight safety videos Just five years ago, it would have seemed incomprehensible to have airline safety videos featuring Hollywood stars – let alone filmmakers, adventurers, swimsuit models and comedy legends. But that’s just what Air New Zealand has done with its 10 quirky, unusual and viral safety videos,

The date was August 17 1989. Qantas’s first Boeing 747-400, VH-OJA, swept into Sydney through dark rain clouds and, at 2:20 pm touched down on a damp Runway 16, becoming the first commercial aircraft to fly nonstop from London to Australia, breaking a distance barrier that seemed unbreakable for years… and hasn’t been repeated since.

Qantas retires the Boeing 767 A favourite with crews and passengers and a stalwart of everyhaul, the Boeing 767 revolutionised Qantas: it was, in essence, the 787 of its time. A remarkable career spanning 29 years, 5 months, 24 days, over a distance equivalent to 2,438 return trips to the moon, will end at 1820

The anatomy of Virgin Australia’s new business class seat For all the hours designing, testing and refining Virgin Australia’s new business class suites, just as much time was spent focusing on what was surrounding the seat. Details such as the carpet underneath a passenger’s feet, what was at eye level when seated and how the

Qantas celebrates its heritage with a retro painted 737 It represents the best of the history of Qantas, and comes at a time when the future for the airline is looking bright again. ” That observation of a Qantas employee, about to disembark the Qantas Boeing 737 “retro roo” on its arrival in Sydney after

Emirates boss Tim Clark’s challenge on the A380 When the chief of the world’s largest and arguably most successful international airline speaks out the world listens and so they should. In December Emirates president and CEO Sir Tim Clark gave Airbus and his fellow competitors a spray – and a big spray at that. This