Boeing says it is close to finalising the design work on the 777-8X long range widebody that will be the contender for Qantas’s Project Sunrise challenge. Qantas is seeking an aircraft capable of operating nonstop from Australia’s east coast to London and New York and has indicated previously it would look to issue a request
Fiji Airways will be the first airline to join the oneworld marketing alliance under a new “oneworld connect” category. The airline’s entry into oneworld is being sponsored by American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas, with the latter also mentoring Fiji Airways’ integration into the alliance. It was officially unveiled at the International Air
Not two months from casting aside Virgin Australia as its alliance partner in favour of going it alone on the Tasman, Air New Zealand has inked a codeshare deal with Qantas for ongoing access to Australian domestic destinations. The codeshare agreement signed between the two carriers in Sydney on Friday features Air New Zealand adding
“Profound” is how Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny described the significance of A380 VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton’s return to the Qantas fleet. Qantas’s first Airbus A380 and hence the symbolic flagship of the airline’s fleet, VH-OQA returned safely to Singapore under Captain de Crespigny’s command after an uncontained explosive failure of its number two Rolls-Royce Trent
So 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
Eight Qantas Airbus A380s will be repainted in the airline’s new livery by Emirates Engineering. Beginning in March 2018 the aircraft will be stripped and repainted at the Emirates Aircraft Appearance Centre in Dubai, which Emirates says is the largest aircraft painting facility in the world owned by an airline. In 2017 that facility repainted
