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Qantas crew praised for dealing with smoking mobile phone on flight to Dallas/Fort Worth
/ | 7 Comments on Qantas crew praised for dealing with smoking mobile phone on flight to Dallas/Fort WorthA mobile phone that started emitting smoke when trapped under a business class seat on board a Qantas Airbus A380 has highlighted the need to inform passengers about the dangers of travelling with lithium batteries and the importance well-practiced crew procedures for dealing with potential fire situations. An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report on an
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Tigerair schedules morning and evening flights for new Canberra-Melbourne service
/ | 2 Comments on Tigerair schedules morning and evening flights for new Canberra-Melbourne serviceTigerair Australia has released flight times for its new Canberra-Melbourne service due to take off in early December, offering a split schedule featuring mid-morning or evening flights depending on the day of the week. The low-cost carrier is returning to Canberra for the first time since 2011 with a daily service from Melbourne that begins
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The slow reveal – Qantas continues its 787 tease
/ | 19 Comments on The slow reveal – Qantas continues its 787 teaseQantas has used its annual results announcement to reveal a few more tantalising details of its planned introduction of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner into service next year. The 787’s arrival is “about 15 months” away, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce told journalists at the company’s full year results presentation on Wednesday, where he handed down a record profit
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Qantas on track for onboard wi-fi trial, flags live streaming of cricket matches
/ | 3 Comments on Qantas on track for onboard wi-fi trial, flags live streaming of cricket matchesQantas is looking at adding wi-fi internet to a larger number of aircraft in its domestic and international fleet as it prepares for a trial of the service at the end of 2016 that will include testing live streaming of cricket matches. In February, the airline announced plans to roll out free high-speed wi-fi internet
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RNZAF air mobility and maritime surveillance acquisition programs progress
/ | 3 Comments on RNZAF air mobility and maritime surveillance acquisition programs progressThe New Zealand Ministry of Defence has released two separate Requests For Information (RFIs) covering the acquisition of a ‘Future Air Mobility Capability’ and a ‘Future Air Surveillance Capability’ to replace the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s C-130H and 757-200 transports and its P-3K2 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft, respectively. The Future Air Mobility Capability (FAMC) RFI seeks to replace the current five
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Qantas to pay dividend after delivering record profit
/ | 12 Comments on Qantas to pay dividend after delivering record profitQantas will deliver a dividend to shareholders for the first time since 2009 after reporting a near doubling of full year net profit in 2015/16 to more than $1 billion. The airline group said net profit after tax for the 12 months to June 30 2016 came in at $1.03 billion, up 84.7 per cent
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