AirAsia X has started reconfiguring its fleet of Airbus A330-300s and A340-300s with new seating in both its premium and economy cabins. Under the reconfiguration, the low cost carrier is retrofitting flatbed seats to its premium cabin, featuring a 152cm (60in) pitch, width of 51cm and a full 196cm length when fully reclined. The seats
The Qantas Group saw an increase in revenue seat factor during February, primarily driven by stronger domestic traffic. Overall, the Group posted a seat factor of 79.4, up one percentage point on the same time last year. Passenger numbers increased by 14.2 per cent, which lifted revenue passenger kilometres by 3.8 per cent. Total group
The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers (APESMA) has announced that professional engineers at Qantas will put in place overtime bans over the Easter period and warned that these could disrupt some airline services. The action is part of an ongoing dispute between Qantas and its professional engineers, which APESMA claims is related to
International passenger traffic during January was the highest ever recorded in a calendar month, making it the fifth month in a row to record month-on-month growth greater than nine per cent, according to BITRE. For the month, there were 2.475 million international passengers, which was an increase of 10 per cent compared to the same
A Qantas A380 operating a service from Singapore to Sydney sustained damage to two tyres while landing at Sydney Airport on March 31. While landing at the end of the QF32 service, two of A380 VH-OQC’s left main gear tyres burst as they touched down on Runway 16R, with reports of flames coming from the
Malaysia Airlines has placed a firm order with Airbus for 15 A330-300s as well as two A330-200 Freighters, with deliveries to begin in 2011. The order also includes options on 10 passenger aircraft and two additional freighters. Deliveries of the A330-300s will begin in the first half of 2011, while the first freighter for MASKargo
