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Nine wide – life at the back of the bus on QF9
/ | 29 Comments on Nine wide – life at the back of the bus on QF9So what is it like spending 17 hours in an aircraft while flying some 8,000nm? Australian Aviation was among the 140-odd passengers in the economy cabin of Qantas’s inaugural QF9 service between Perth and London Heathrow, operated by Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND. The passenger offering on the 787-9 was, in the words of chief executive Alan
Read moreHistory made as Qantas Flight 9 touches down in London
| 22 Comments on History made as Qantas Flight 9 touches down in LondonWhen Qantas Flight 9 touched down in London at the end of its historic nonstop flight from Perth a little after 5am local time on Sunday, the remarkable had been made to seem routine. For the first time, Australia and the UK were linked by a direct nonstop air service. For the 229 passengers on
Read moreQantas changes the game with departure of first nonstop Australia-UK passenger flight
| 20 Comments on Qantas changes the game with departure of first nonstop Australia-UK passenger flightHistory was achieved on Saturday, March 24, 2018, when Qantas flight QF9 took off from Perth Airport bound for London Heathrow. Some 71 years after the Kangaroo Route was first established, the continents of Australia and Europe are now linked by regularly scheduled nonstop passenger flights. QF9, operated by Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND, was carrying about
Read moreQantas 787 setting new benchmark for customer satisfaction
| 14 Comments on Qantas 787 setting new benchmark for customer satisfactionA day ahead of the launch of nonstop flights between Perth and London with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Qantas’s head of customer product says the aircraft is setting a new benchmark for customer satisfaction. Qantas has so far taken delivery of four 787-9s, with the aircraft operating a daily service between Melbourne and Los Angeles
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Qantas set to claim title for world's second longest flight
| 9 Comments on Qantas set to claim title for world's second longest flightQantas is a day away from claiming second place on the list of world’s longest passenger flight measured by distance. When the Australian carrier’s 7,829nm London Heathrow-Perth nonstop service with Boeing 787-9 equipment takes off on Saturday March 24, it will trail only Qatar Airways’ 7,848nm Auckland-Doha flight. The QF9/10 rotation, which links the continents
Read moreVirgin Australia advanced pilot cadets graduate
| 5 Comments on Virgin Australia advanced pilot cadets graduateVirgin Australia’s latest batch of pilot cadets has graduated and will shortly begin flying the airline’s ATR 72 turboprops and Boeing 777-300ER widebodies as First and Second Officers. The airline’s advanced pilot cadets completed the 22-week course run by Flight Training Adelaide in South Australia. Meanwhile, those completing the ab initio course, which is designed
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