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Qantas starts A380 services to Dallas/Fort Worth
/ | 3 Comments on Qantas starts A380 services to Dallas/Fort WorthDespite a change of aircraft Qantas faces a similar problem, albeit one reduced in magnitude, on its non-stop flight between Sydney and Dallas/Fort Worth. Qantas’s first flight to the heart of the US mainland with the Airbus A380 takes off as QF7 on Monday, with the double decker superjumbo replacing the Boeing 747-400ER previously used
Read moreIs Etihad’s James Hogan aviation’s most influential Australian?
/Etihad Airways’ Australian president and chief executive officer, James Hogan, was in his element at the rollout of his airline’s first Airbus A380 in Hamburg on Thursday night. The rollout of the airline’s new flagship aircraft, and with it the public reveal of the airline’s smart new livery, is a significant milestone for the Abu
Read moreMather calls for visa changes to support tourism
/ | 3 Comments on Mather calls for visa changes to support tourismSydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather says onerous fees and charges deter tourists from visiting Australia and need to be reduced where possible. Mather says the visa requirements for visitors to Australia had not kept up with the changing nature of the nation’s biggest tourism markets, highlighting that while many European passport holders were able
Read moreDomestic capacity, load factors fall in July
/Australian domestic carriers experienced lower load factors in July despite cutting capacity in the local market. The Bureau of Infrastructure and Regional Economics (BITRE) said the number of passengers carried on regular public transport (RPT) domestic flights fell 1.4 per cent to 5.05 million in July. The decline outpaced the 1.2 per cent reduction in
Read moreRob Gurney lands role at Emirates
/Former Qantas executive Rob Gurney has been appointed to a senior role with the Flying Kangaroo’s alliance partner Emirates. Gurney will start on October 1 as Emirates’ divisional vice president for commercial operations in Australasia, the airline said in a statement on Friday. He replaces Bryan Banson, who is leaving the Dubai-headquartered carrier on October 10. “The
Read moreNew livery debuts with the rollout of Etihad’s first A380
/ | 7 Comments on New livery debuts with the rollout of Etihad’s first A380Etihad Airways has used the rollout ceremony of its first Airbus A380 to publicly debut the airline’s new livery. The first of 10 A380s on order, the aircraft (wearing the UAE registration A6-APA) was rolled out to guests and media at Airbus’s Hamburg, Germany facilities in a ceremony on Thursday evening. The A380 is yet to
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