Economy Class & Beyond

QF: A380 Safety checks to continue until Wednesday

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Don't expect Qantas A380's back in the sky for a few days yet, as inspections are still ongoing. Qantas estimates it may not finish inspecting the engines on its grounded A380 fleet until Wednesday, and no re-entry into service has been given. Inspections on the damaged A380 are still on-going with the damaged aircraft that safely returned to Singapore after the failure. During … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – JAL 777-300ER

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Time for this weeks Airplane p0rn, and this is shot from the balcony of the hotel where I was staying in Chicago. This week, it's a JAL 777-300ER with wheels down in its landing configuration, about to complete the long journey from Nartia to Chicago. More of course next week! … [Read more...]

Trip Report – Mixed Classes, Infinite fun and/or Madness: The Autumn Run with United Airlines

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Mixed Classes, Infinite fun and/or Madness: The Autumn Run with United Airlines LHR-ORD, ORD-LAS, LAS-LAX-SFO-DEN-LHR   For those of you who have forgotten, this is my semi-regular audit to see how things are with United - if the service has improved, deteriorated or other. Whilst not perfect, it provides entertainment, amusement and of course, iPhones in sick bags … [Read more...]

QF: QF6 – Nothing to see here…

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Qantas are on the rebound with the 747-400 incident at Changi on Thursday, saying they will not ground that fleet. The fleet runs Rolls Royce's older RB211 engines, and to quote the Qantas CEO:"We've seen in-flight shut-downs take place before. They are a liability issue and not a safety issue if they are contained""The engine on the 747 is an engine we've been operating for … [Read more...]

QF: ** BREAKING ** QF6 in Engine Incident.

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It seems like something is up at Qantas with another jet in trouble.This time a Qantas Boeing 747-400 had to return to forced to return to Singapore after departure because of an engine problem. The plane landed safely with 431 people aboard.QF6 was operating a Singapore to Sydney service.Qantas have said  "Shortly after take-off the captain experienced an issue with one … [Read more...]

AA: We don’t want to give an AAdvantage to Orbitz…

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This is a big one in the airline vs ticket vs distribution race, and if you're booking AA flights, from December the 1st, don't head to Orbitz.According to ATWOnline, American Airlines will be terminating the right for Orbitz (and Orbitz allfiated companies) to ticket their flights, citing Orbitz of course is annoyed, citing this as a “broad attack on the distribution … [Read more...]

7L: AeroCaribbean Crash – No Survivors

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With the Qantas A380 incident yesterday being a "sucesseful outcome" with everyone on board making it down safely, a smaller incident happened yesterday, but will all occupants lost.An AeroCaribbean ATR72-200 operating between Santiago de Cuba to Havana crashed near in mountains near the town of Guasimal in Santi Spiritus province..No cause has been idenfied for the reason of … [Read more...]

QF: Remaining A380’s possibly cleared to fly within 48 hours after checks

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Positive news from Qantas this morning with an announcement that:"Overnight, Qantas engineers with Airbus and Rolls-Royce engineers have been working around the clock trying to identify what are the potential root causes to the problem on QF32" "As a consequence of that work we've agreed with Airbus and Rolls-Royce a regime of checks that are going to take place on the … [Read more...]