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Govt ups accident compensation cap
The federal government has introduced legislation that would increase the payout available to air accident victims – and the mandatory insurance domestic airlines are required to carry. The Aviation Legislation Amendment increases the cap on payments to passengers injured on domestic flights from $500,000 to $750,000. Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said the change would
Read moreUnited 787 takes first test flight
United Airlines’s first 787 Dreamliner has taken its maiden production flights as Boeing prepares to deliver the aircraft at the end of September. The 787 took off from Boeing’s Paine Field in Washington state on Sunday and made a three hour flight around the Seattle area as part of planned tests of the aircraft’s controls
Read moreRAAF to go Growler
/ | 31 Comments on RAAF to go GrowlerThe federal government will go ahead with the conversion of 12 of Australia’s 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets into EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. The decision, announced today, will see Australia become the only country besides the United States to operate Growlers, a specialised variant of the Super Hornet.
Read moreQantas posts $244m loss; cancels 787 orders
/ | 8 Comments on Qantas posts $244m loss; cancels 787 ordersQantas will cancel firm orders for 35 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners after posting a worse than expected $244 million statutory loss last financial year. The loss, a nearly half-billion dollar swing from the previous year’s $250 million profit, was blamed on high fuel prices, the cost of Qantas’ industrial dispute and intense competition. Qantas posted pre-tax
Read moreQantas suspends two pilots after cockpit stoush
| 12 Comments on Qantas suspends two pilots after cockpit stoushQantas has stood down two pilots after the pair reportedly got into a heated argument in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 on the tarmac in Dallas. According to reports, the captain and second officer came to loggerheads over takeoff calculations as the jet waited out a thunderstorm ahead of a flight to Sydney via
Read moreQantas 767s to get new interiors, iPads
/Qantas will refurbish 16 of its 23 Boeing 767 aircraft with new interiors and IPad-based entertainment systems while phasing out the remaining seven. The surviving jets, used mostly on east coast domestic routes, will get new-look cabins featuring a ‘contemporary design,’ leather seat covers in business class and new carpets, lighting, curtains and dividers. The
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