Emirates Airlines President Tim Clark has lashed out at Airbus over its handling of A380 wing cracks, saying the airline will seek compensation for a claimed $90 million in lost revenues. Emirates is having to temporarily ground six of its 21 A380s at a time while the wing cracks are fixed. Clark told the Financial
China blocks Airbus orders over EU carbon price
China has held up $12 billion in aircraft sales from Airbus over the European Union’s carbon pricing scheme, Airbus said in a call for the EU to reconsider the plan. Louis Gallois, the CEO of Airbus parent EADS, told a news conference yesterday that Airbus has become a “hostage” to the dispute between the EU
RedQ dead?
One of the key pillars of Qantas’s strategy to revive its international business came toppling over today as the airline said it had broken off talks with Malaysia Airlines to establish a new premium carrier. Qantas offered few details, saying only that the talks “would not continue due to parties being unable to reach mutually
Architecture firm named for PER redesign
International Architecture firm Wood Bagot has been commissioned to complete the redesign of Perth Airport’s domestic and international terminals as the airport expands to meet a passenger boom. The first phase of the expansion, construction of a $200 million new domestic terminal aimed primarily at spiking regional travel, is already underway and scheduled for completion
RAAF controller errors lead to separation incident
A series of errors by air traffic controllers at RAAF Williamtown that lead to a breakdown in separation between a Virgin Blue 737 and a defence-chartered Westwind business jet in February 2011, according to an ATSB report. The report says the RAAF controllers maintained the two aircraft on a mirror image course despite urgent warnings
Tiger gets to second base with Sydney
Tiger Airways will establish a second base at Sydney Airport after CASA approved the carrier’s plan to increase flights to pre-grounding levels over the next six months. The plan will allow Tiger to use all 10 of its aircraft for the first time since its operations were shut down for six weeks over safety concerns
