Qantas is not expected to take its next two Airbus A380s until December following “flight stability problems” encountered with one of the aircraft, The Sydney Morning Herald has reported. The airline has confirmed that one of the A380s will undergo further testing at Toulouse after encountering the problems during routine flight testing, the newspaper reported.
Irish low cost carrier Ryanair says that it is working on an order for 200 aircraft from Boeing or Airbus which it hopes to have wrapped up by the end of the year, with deliveries to follow after 2012. “If for some reason we can’t conclude an agreement with Boeing and Airbus, certainly by the
Air New Zealand says that the blended winglets being progressively fitted to its fleet of Boeing 767-300ERs are achieving 19 per cent more fuel savings than originally forecast. With four aircraft now sporting the 3.4m high winglets, it is expected that once the fifth aircraft is fitted with the winglets that the fleet will save
China Southern Airlines has announced that it will increase its frequencies to Melbourne and Sydney during the peak December-February season. From December 2 to February 20, CZ will operate daily departures from Sydney to Guangzhou. Meanwhile, the airline will operate three-times weekly direct Guangzhou-Melbourne services from October 26 to March 25, departing on Mondays, Thursdays
Cobham Aviation Services Australia (formerly National Jet Systems) has won an extension to its contract with Australian air Express, which will see it continue to operate three BAe 146QT freighters for the Qantas-Australia Post joint venture. “This is a significant achievement for Cobham,” said Cobham CEO Peter Nottage. “For relationships like this to stand the
Qantas’s A380 project was named the National Project of the Year by the Australian Institute of Project Managers in Adelaide on October 13. The project beat 107 other submissions to take out the prize. The AIPM noted that that the $2 billion project took six years and involved more than 1000 people while also having
