Category: Airlines

Will Qantas’s 787-9 improve the passenger experience?
Airlines

As more details emerge about Qantas’s selection of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners for its future fleet, the passenger experience implications are fascinating, even given the background of the continued focus on costs and profitability within Qantas International. “We are halfway through the biggest and fastest transformation in our history. Without that transformation, we would not be

ACCC to approve Qantas-China Eastern alliance
Airlines

Qantas’s proposed alliance with China Eastern looks set for takeoff, with Australia’s competition regulator approving the partnership with conditions attached and reversing an earlier draft ruling to reject the tie-up. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the two airlines have to report their average fares, month by month, on each route that they operate between

LAN begins 787-9 services to Sydney
Airlines

LAN has commenced Boeing 787-9 services to Sydney via Auckland. The oneworld alliance member and Qantas codeshare partner debuted the smaller 787-8 Dreamliner on its Santiago de Chile-Auckland-Sydney service in April. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username

Boeing and GE Aviation welcome Qantas’s 787-9 order
Airlines

Boeing and engine supplier GE Aviation have welcomed Qantas’s purchase of eight 787-9 Dreamliners. The GEnx-1B engine will power Qantas’s eight 787-9s, the first of which will begin arriving from the 2017/18 financial year. Manufacturer GE Aviation says the GEnx-1B has so far clocked up more than 1.7 million flight hours and 300,000 cycles since entering

Joyce says 787-9 represents “hugely exciting” opportunities for Qantas
Airlines

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will allow the airline to open up new direct services and boost some existing routes to daily. The company announced on Thursday it would take delivery of eight 787-9s, with the first four to join the Qantas fleet in the 2017/18 financial year and the

Cost reductions lead Qantas on the path to profitability
Airlines

Qantas’s turnaround from an eye-watering $2.853 billion loss to a $557 million statutory profit represents one of the largest rebounds in Australian corporate history. And the return to profitability, along with lower debt levels, has given the airline the confidence to order new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, offer a $505 million capital return to shareholders and

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