iscoverA fractured turbine blade led to an engine shutdown on a Qantas 747 flight from Sydney to Singapore last year, the ATSB has found. The flight landed safely in Singapore following the May 9, 2011 incident, which occurred roughly 100 km east of Bali. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
Looking rather well used, former Qantas 767-300ER VH-ZXB departed Sydney on December 11 bound for Roswell, New Mexico, where it will go into storage. ZXB was delivered to Qantas on the airline’s 80th anniversary on November 16, 2000, initially on lease from British Airways at the height of commercial and operational co-operation between the two
Australia’s competition watchdog has affirmed plans to rule on the proposed Qantas-Emirates alliance before Christmas, saying it will release a draft decision by Dec. 20. ACCC Chairman Rod Sims told Fairfax that officials from the organisation were busy writing what would be a long draft decision and said an early release of the verdict was
Qantas has disconnected in-flight Wi-Fi on its A380 fleet after a nine-month trial saw customers shy away from the service due to high costs and slow speeds. The airline said in a statement that only about five per cent of passengers were using the service, which was offered at costs ranging from $12.90 to $39. This
Qantas has become a launch customer for Airbus’s iPad cockpit applications. The electronic flight bag (EFB) will be used aboard all Airbus aircraft in the Qantas fleet. The system will enable flight crew to consolidate paper manuals into electronic form and to compute aircraft performance calculations. Qantas and Airbus have been collaborating on EFB design
Proving where there is smoke there is fire, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce today announced his airline was withdrawing its sponsorship of Tourism Australia, citing a conflict of interest where Tourism Australia chairman – and former Qantas CEO – Geoff Dixon is involved in a new takeover bid for the airline. “Many of you have been
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