Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has confirmed to media the accuracy of earlier reports that as many as 40 of the 80 Trent 900 engines delivered so far on Airbus A380s are affected by the oil leak issue which led to the QF32 uncontained failure, and that they may need to be replaced. “We’ve been talking
Qantas has officially launched its ‘Next Generation Check-in’ technology and unveiled new service enhancements across its domestic business and economy class cabins. “Next Generation Check-in has now opened in Sydney and Perth and is already dramatically reducing domestic check-in times for customers, allowing them to move through the check-in area with increased speed and ease,”
Australia’s domestic airlines carried 4.69 million passengers in September, according to BITRE (the Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Economics), an increase of 8.0 per cent compared with September 2009. September continues the recent trend of robust domestic passenger number growth, but again capacity increased faster than passenger numbers, such that industry wide load factor fell
Boeing has delivered the 900th 777, a 777-200LR handed over to Ethiopian Airlines at its Everett plant on November 17. “The 777-200LR is the only airplane that provides the range and efficiency that Ethiopian needs to service its long haul routes,” said Larry Loftis, Boeing Commercial Airplane’s vice president and general manager, 777 program. “And
The Victorian Liberal Nationals coalition would build a rail line to link Avalon Airport to Melbourne and Geelong should it win November 27’s state election. Opposition leader Ted Baillieu said the coalition would spend $50 million in its first term on design and planning, land acquisition and preliminary construction works, out of a total estimated
Boeing has commenced certification testing on a United 737-800 of a series of performance improvements designed to give the evergreen airliner a two per cent reduction in fuel consumption – one per cent from engine improvements and one per cent from aerodynamics changes. The performance package comprises changes to the aircraft’s CFM 56-7BE engines’ low
