Category: Qantas

Qantas’s retro painted 737 has begun its delivery flight to Australia. The Boeing 737-800, featuring the airline’s iconic ochre livery of the 1970s and early 1980s, took off from Boeing Field in Seattle at 0833 local time on Monday, according to flight monitoring website Flightaware. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Qantas and China Eastern will apply to competition authorities for a proposed joint-venture which they say will deepen an existing commercial relationship and hopefully lead to new routes and more onward connections from the Chinese carrier’s Shanghai hub. The two airlines, who already have an existing codesharing arrangement, signed the proposed five-year partnership for flights between Australia

Meal trays with their (sometimes) tiny portions will soon be a thing of the past for economy passengers on Qantas’s international flights as part of a revamp of its food and beverage offering in the main cabin. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says replacing the humble tray with new serving plates means larger portions for passengers and

Qantas’s 737 retrojet has broken cover. 737-800 VH-XZP is due to be formally unveiled in Seattle this Sunday ahead of its arrival into Sydney on Wednesday, but the aircraft has been spotted flight testing ahead of its formal handover, wearing the airline’s iconic ochre colour scheme first introduced in 1967. This content is available exclusively to Australian