Category: Airlines

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its final report into the uncontained engine failure involving a Qantas A380 over Batam Island, Indonesia on 4 November 2010, finding the failure was the result of a fatigue crack in an oil feed-pipe in the number two Rolls-Royce Trent 900 of the aircraft. “The crack allowed the

Etihad Cargo has taken delivery of three new Boeing and Airbus widebody freighters, bringing the carrier’s expanding fleet to nine aircraft and heralding a massive 62 per cent increase in uplift capacity. In conjunction with Atlas Air, a Boeing 747-8F is being deployed on a new round-the-world routing taking in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Chicago, Miami,

Delta Air Lines has acquired a 49 per cent stake in Virgin Atlantic in a US$360 million deal that sees Singapore Airlines exit its shareholding of the UK airline. Announcing the deal, Delta Air Lines said the equity deal marks “the next step towards a full joint-venture between the two carriers”. This content is available

Air New Zealand has confirmed the destinations its new fleet of 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft will initially fly to as Shanghai and Tokyo, while it will also service some mid-haul destinations such as Perth, Honolulu and Papeete. Air New Zealand is the launch customer for the 787-9, the first of which is due to roll