Boeing says it is to early to tell the impact the onboard electrical fire on and subsequent emergency landing by 787 test aircraft ZA002 made on November 9 will have on the 787 flight test program. Boeing said in a December 10 statement that it “cannot determine the impact of this event on the overall
Qantas has announced changes to its aircraft schedules to accommodate the grounding of its Airbus A380 fleet and has not yet indicated when the aircraft will return to the air. Meanwhile, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an airworthiness directive which could result in more groundings of A380s. Under the changes, the airline
Singapore Airlines has announced that it will substitute Boeing 777-300s and 747-400s on the services regularly operated by its Airbus A380s as three of those aircraft undergo precautionary engine changes. A mix of 777-300s and 747-400s will be deployed on SQ221/212/222/221 services between Singapore and Sydney and also on SQ238 and SQ227 between Singapore and
Full economy and business class airfares were marginally lower during November 2010 compared with the same time last year, according to the latest Domestic Air Fare Index report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). For the month, the business fare index increased by two points to 97 while the full economy
Boeing Business Jets has delivered the first VIP configured 777-200LR to Saudi Arabia based aircraft management company Aviation Link Co. The 777 will undergo interior completion works at Amac Aerospace in Basel, Switzerland, later in the month before the aircraft is delivered to its private owner in 2012. “The customer required a widebody aircraft capable
There is so much that can, and will, be written about the QF32 accident, but being the newsophile that I am, I thought it would be interesting to examine the communications that have happened over the past week. In later posts I’ll talk more about the possible damage to the Qantas brand as well as
