Economy Class & Beyond

Rememberance Day in the United Kingdom

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I'll take a moment to stop yattering about broken A380's, Alliance Memberships, and all the normal stuff that I talk about about to talk about something a bit more important - Rememberance Day.If it was not for those people who have given their lives in conflicts around the world, it would simply be not possible to travel the world in freedom.On the 11th hour on the 11th day in … [Read more...]

LH: One A380 to have an engine changed.

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Well it was to be expected, but Lufthansa is change one of the engines in their fleet of Airbus A380's "as a precaution"This is after the QF32 uncontained engine failure last week.The change has been made, even though no findings have been discovered in relation to the Qantas incident. Lufthansa has been carrying out checks recommended by Rolls-Royce. Meanwhile Rolls-Royce has … [Read more...]

QF/SQ – A380 Engine Changes and odd oil.

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Singapore Airlines is modifying three of its A380 aircraft after the inspection run that's been recently inspected. These aircraft are in London, Melborne and Sydney, and will be returned to Singapore for the engine swap. To quote Singapore Airlines:"Based on further analysis of inspection findings as the investigation into last week's incident involving another operator's … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

QF: Further QF32 Engine Incident Coverage

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I'm not overly qualified to speak technially on the QF32 incident, so therefore I'll point you in a few resources that can ;)I'd strongly recommend heading to FlightBlogger who has got excellent coverage- http://www.flightglobal.com/flightblogger/2010/11/qantas-a380-fleet-grounded.html- http://www.flightglobal.com/flightblogger/2010/11/qantas-flight-32-and-a380s-hyd.htmlIn … [Read more...]

QF: QF32 Incident – Material or Design issues…

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Qantas has gone on record (and defensive) in regards to the Engine Containment Failure on Thursday, quote"We believe this is most likely some kind of material failure or a design issue," Qantas CEO Alan JoyceIt was also quoted by Alan Joyce that the"it was too early to say what exactly caused the problem, but he said the blowout was "an engine issue" and not one of … [Read more...]

SQ: A380’s cleared to fly

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After grounding it's A380 fleet for inspections, Singapore Airlines have cleared their A380 fleet to fly again.Certain services have been switched to 777-300ER's to provide spare capacity, with some services delayed by 6 hours or so during the checks.However, expect a bit of background delays and fuller planes for a few days.Qantas has yet to reinstate it's A380 fleet. … [Read more...]

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