The terms of the massive launch order for 150 Boeing 777-8X and -9X models from Emirates Airline which was announced at last year’s Dubai Airshow have been finalised. A statement from Boeing says the order is valued at US$56 billion at list prices, although it’s unlikely that, as launch customer, Emirates paid anywhere near that
Qantas will cut 167 jobs from its Engineering division as part of the group’s ongoing efforts to turn around its flagging fortunes. The job losses are part of some 5,000 jobs cuts the airline is implementing, and will come from Sydney and Melbourne and reportedly include front line engineers and back office support staff. Media
Boeing and Air New Zealand have marked the delivery of the airline’s first 787-9 in a special event on Tuesday evening attended by Air New Zealand staff and guests and more than 1,000 Boeing workers. Air New Zealand is the launch customer for the stretched variant of the Dreamliner, with 10, powered by Rolls-Royce’s Trent
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has called for a better deal for regional operators over how aviation fuel is taxed. In a July 7 statement, the representative body said over $300 million is raised annually from levies on aviation fuel for domestic flights in Australia, about two-thirds of which it attributed to the
Qantas is temporarily increasing capacity on the Sydney-Honolulu route from September by adding supplementary services and upgrading Boeing 767-300ERs to Airbus A330 equipment. “From 14 September to 27 December Qantas will upgrade the aircraft to an Airbus A330 and add A330 supplementary services on some Saturdays to cater for increased demand,” the airline said in a
The Qantas Group has signed an order for 21 more Airbus A320neos to take its A320neo Family backlog to 99, but has deferred other orders until after 2016 and to as late as 2022. The 21 aircraft order was placed in June and is on top of an order for 78 neos the airline placed
