Note: There is a correction concerning the Jetstar load factor indicated lower down in this post, fixing a misread table on the data Qantas lodged with the ASX.
The February traffic figures for domestic services imply that Qantas and Virgin Blue are in a race for the middle of the market, not the top or the [...]
Qantas is about to cut deeply into its $20 billion commitment to new jets.
On 15 March, aware that a serious reconsideration of the order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners was underway, a series of questions was asked of Qantas.
Qantas, not surprisingly, didn’t answer them and on 18 March this item on Plane Talking was posted.
Today, in [...]
The 90 senior managers who were terminated at Qantas today can blame two things for their demise.
One is the speed with which passengers numbers are shrinking for airlines world wide as the GFC tightens its grip on disposable and corporate incomes.
The other cause is the change in culture the new Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is [...]
There is context to the announcement of the interline agreement between V Australia and Delta which seems to have escaped the regurgitaters of airline press releases.
Delta, which eclipsed Southwest as the world’s largest airline in last year’s merger with Northwest wants United Airlines dead. Actually, deader than it is.
V Australia’s owner, Virgin Blue, has a [...]
ATSB air accident investigators could know as soon as this afternoon what sort of incident they are dealing with after an Emirates A345 with more than 230 people on board was severely damaged on taking off from Melbourne Airport on Friday night.
Was it badly flown? Did one or more cargo containers break loose during the [...]
Last night’s serious incident involving an Emirates A345 departing Melbourne for Dubai as flight EK 407 has caused some very striking images to be posted on the industry site Pprune.org and in the general media.
The jet rotated to an abnormally nose high attitude causing what is known as a ‘tail strike.’ There are reports of [...]
Suddenly Boeing has found its tongue. But will it reply to Markus 45? Is Markus 45 the infamous and mysterious Boeing mole, Captain X, the terror of Airliners.net, the must see site for all aviation enthusiasts, brand warriors, or air travellers just curious about ‘what the heck’ is going on around them?
This official Boeing [...]
Some increasingly serious questions about the much delayed Boeing 787 Dreamliner are going unanswered.
So far Qantas, the largest airline customer for the ‘plastic fantastic’ jet, isn’t adding its voice to new concerns about the Dreamliner, but other carriers in recent days haven’t been so reticent.
Airlines in China and Mexico are expressing alarm that the super [...]
There are now 1 million entries on the federal government’s terrorist watch list, according to USA TODAY, up nearly one-third since 2007. The growth comes even as officials work to delete names that should not be on the list. Last year, 33,000 entries were removed, often in response to “redress” requests from frustrated airline passengers.
This [...]
The most often asked question about frequent flyer points sold to third parties is ‘where do they come from?’ It is one of the questions being asked in the countdown to the 31 March changes to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.
These points don’t come from people who frequently fly. They have nothing to do with [...]
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