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Qantas’s six-strong A380 fleet remained grounded overnight as the airline dispatched some of its aircraft and chartered in others to cover the capacity shortfall brought about by the grounding. The airline says passengers from the A380 which was forced to return to Singapore on Thursday afternoon following an inflight uncontained failure of its second Rolls-Royce

Qantas A380 VH-OQA has suffered an evident uncontained engine failure shortly after takeoff from Singapore for Sydney, forcing the crew to dump fuel and make an emergency landing back at Singapore, and leading the airline to suspend all A380 flying while investigatons into the incident take place. The aircraft’s number two Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine

Boeing says that the international air cargo traffic will triple over the next 20 years, with the industry already rebounding strongly from the global financial crisis. In its latest World Air Cargo Forecast, Boeing predicts that global volumes of air cargo will grow by an average of 5.9 per cent per year until 2029, aided

Qantas has received route approvals  from the International Air Services Commission (IASC) which will allow it to commence services from Australia to Nairobi via Bangkok in association with Kenya Airways According to two IASC Determinations, Kenya Airways will be permitted to place its code on Qantas operated services between Sydney and Bankgkok, while Qantas will