Qantas plans to operate a once-weekly freighter service from Darwin to Hong Kong that can transport fresh produce from Australia’s Top End to Asia’s supermarket shelves and dining tables. The proposed service has been scheduled to take off in late August with Boeing 767-300F equipment departing Darwin on Sunday night, Qantas said on Wednesday. The
Qantas has scheduled Hong Kong as the first Asian destination with its Boeing 787-9 fleet, with flights to the Special Administrative Region to begin in mid-December. The first 787-9 service to Hong Kong is due to take off on December 13 2018, when the aircraft replaces the Airbus A330 on Qantas’s daily Melbourne-Hong Kong service
This week’s Throwback Thursday article is from the April 2014 edition of Australian Aviation, where Owen Zupp investigates what it takes to operate between Australia and Dallas/Fort Worth in Texas. It’s just a number on a flightplan, but it’s a big one – 7,554. That’s how many nautical miles it is from Sydney to Dallas/Fort
Qantas and Sydney Airport have commenced trials of facial recognition technology for passengers departing on international flights. The trial will initially focus on four phases the journey – checkin, bag drop, lounge access and boarding the flight, Sydney Airport said in a statement on Thursday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
Qantas has taken delivery of its fifth Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, with the factory-fresh aircraft touching down in Melbourne on Sunday evening. Registered VH-ZNE, Qantas says the aircraft has been named Skippy, joining VH-ZNA Great Southern Land, VH-ZNB Waltzing Matilda, VH-ZNC Quokka and VH-ZND Emily Kame Kngwarreye. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Qantas has made some equipment changes on flights from Perth to Singapore and Sydney due to what it says are pilot training requirements. From July 22, its twice-daily Perth-Singapore flights with Boeing 737-800s will be reduced to daily with Airbus A330 widebodies. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member