Well it seems the problems with the A380 wing ribs are getting more serious with Qantas withdrawing one of their aircraft during inspections. Qantas report that it found "minor cracking has been found on some wing rib feet," and is working with Airbus to resolve issues, with Qantas reporting they believe these to be from manufacturing issues rather than turbulence issues. … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Two 747-400’s
Well when this posts it'll be midnight in the United Kingdom and the New Year will be amongst us. The times on this server are bit behind that though ;). Today's airplane art is two 747-400's - A Lufthansa 747-400 in the foreground and a Qantas 747-400 in the background at Frankfurt-am-Main Airport. The week and a bit extra of airplane art will be concluding on Monday … [Read more...]
Alan Joyce writes to his Frequent Flyers. I fall about laughing.
Maybe I see comedy in all it's odd forms (those who read my trip reports will understand that), but if Alan Joyce thinks the following is going to placate his flyers and build up the lost goodwill... he's in cloud cuckoo-land. Now that Qantas has resumed normal operations I would like to update you on what the recent decision by Fair Work Australia means for you. I … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Qantas to be cleared for flight from 15:00 AEDT
A literal grab from the Reuters/BBC News feed (before I close the computer down for the night). According to a breaking news headline, Qantas has been cleared to fly by the Australian Regulators from 15:00AEDT. Mentioned on the Qantas Twitter feed: Qantas resuming services today, subject to approval. All customers booked on afternoon flights should go to airport. Some … [Read more...]
BREAKING: All sides ordered to stop bikering and return to work in Qantas dispute
From BBC News, it is reported that an Australian independent tribunal in Australia has ordered a permanent end to the industrial dispute that has grounded all Qantas flights. The tribunal - Fair Work Australia gave the ruling after examining evidence from all sides - unions, airline nad the government It's taken the government to get involved - all the way to the top - … [Read more...]
CONFIRMED: Qantas grounds ALL Aircraft
This people, is big. In the ongoing spat between the unions and Qantas management, Qantas is ground it's entire fleet. What will operate: QantasLink Jetstar, Jetconnect services, Qantas freight services (Express Freighters Australia and Atlas) Codeshares (eg BA flight 16) Everything else is off the table. The grounding occurred at 5pm (AEDT) on Saturday … [Read more...]
QF:Changes to the “Joint Service Agreement”, modified routes and a new JetStar….
Qantas have been a bit busy pushing out the PR's last night. Lets look at the ones that will hit you the poor passenger first. The Joint Service Agreement Between London and Sydney (Qantas and British Airways) Currently, the main JSA routes are LHR-SIN-SYD and LHR-BKK-SYD. The LHR-SIN-SYD run will be operated with Boeing 747's instead of 777-200's Meanwhile the … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Qantas 737
It's Sunday, so it's time for some Airplane p0rn. This week, it's a Qantas 737-800 parked up at Sydney International More airplane p0rn next week! … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Friday, and I've been under the weather with a cold, so lets do a roundup before I go for another bucket full of lemsip... Qantas - From Bad to Worse to Bad Qantas is having one hell of a rough time it seems, with the latest traffic numbers down again by 1.4% year on year. Things are slowly improving, but it's a hard road for the flying Kangaroo TUI Group cancels … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Saturday, so it's time to look at the commercial aviation world with raised eyebrows and see what's going on this week. (Apologies for the delays - call it sleep) Qantas - No Upturn just yet Qantas report that don't expect an upturn in traffic, with a 88% drop in profits for the first half of the year. Seems that Kangaroo is going to have to do some more bouncing … [Read more...]
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