Australia’s domestic carriers continue to exhibit caution on capacity growth amid soft consumer demand and the downturn in mining-related activity, latest figures show. The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) monthly traffic figures show local airlines grew capacity by 1.7 per cent in the 11 months to November, as measured by available seat kilometres (ASK). This content
Two more retired Qantas Boeing 767-300ERs have headed to Alice Springs to be placed into storage. Without the flying kangaroo on the tail and any Qantas markings on the fuselage, VH-OGU departed Brisbane Airport in the early hours of Friday morning and landed at Alice Springs airport a little over two and a half hours later.
Qantas has appointed television personality and advertising executive Todd Sampson to the board. Sampson takes up his seat as a non-executive director on February 25 2015, Qantas said in a statement on Friday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please
Photographer Craig Murray has sent us this great image of two of Qantas’s newly-retired Boeing 767-300ERs, VH-OGU and OGO, parked outside Qantas’s Hangar 3 at Brisbane Airport on Sunday, now devoid of their Qantas markings and kangaroo tail. OGO and OGU were two of the five 767s operating on the type’s last day of passenger
Qantas has announced it will operate a special direct flight to Istanbul, Turkey, to coincide with the Centenary of ANZAC commerations in April. The flight, which will carry the special QF100 flight number, will be operated by a 364-seat Boeing 747-400, and will depart from Sydney to Perth and then nonstop to Istanbul’s Sabiha Göeçken international airport, on
Retired Qantas 767-300ER VH-OGT has departed Sydney for Alice Springs where it will enter storage at the new Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage facility there. VH-OGT was one of five 767s operating on the type’s final day of passenger service with Qantas on Saturday December 27, operating QF422 from Melbourne to Sydney. This content is available