Category: Qantas

The first Qantas Airbus A330-300 has been repainted in the airline’s not-so-new corporate colours. Pictured here at Sydney Airport on August 4,  A330 VH-QPC was repainted in the airline’s new colour scheme – first revealed in July 2007 – in Singapore, where it had undergone maintenance. The aircraft returned to Australia in the new colours

Qantas will add an extra flight to Hawaii from December 20, when it will fly four times a week from Sydney to Honolulu, up from three currently. Qantas executive manager of global sales and offshore operations Stephen Thompson said Honolulu was one of the airline’s most popular destinations and demand continued to grow. This content

Qantas says it will now avoid Iraqi airspace after updated advice from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA issued a new advisory note over the weekend, restricting US airlines from flying at or below 30,000ft “due to the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict in Iraq”. This content is available exclusively

Qantas will squeeze an extra row of seats into its Boeing 737-800 aircraft as part of a refurbishment of the domestic narrowbody workhorse. The addition of six extra economy seats increases the seat count of the Qantas 737 from 168 currently – 12 business and 156 economy – to 174 seats. This content is available