August 31, 2011 – 10:14 am
The air safety investigator, the ATSB has updated its information concerning a separation infringement involving a Qantas and a Virgin Australia 737-800 when both were in holding patterns over the Gold Coast prior to landing at Brisbane after flights from Melbourne on July 29. The Qantas and Virgin Boeing 737 aircraft were en route from [...]
August 31, 2011 – 9:45 am
It’s too early to know if Pepsi Cola will sue, but the re-engined line of Boeing 737s will be called the 737 MAX. The MAX 7 corresponds to today’s 737-700, the MAX 8 to the -800 and the MAX 9 to the -900ER. There is also a YouTube overview, but as only the 310th viewer [...]
August 31, 2011 – 6:43 am
A Wikileaks cable shows that by late 2009 air safety regulation in Australia was so deficient that the country risked being downgraded to third world status, and that this would have compelled the US authorities to terminate the Qantas code share with American Airlines and disallow new services between Australia and the US by V [...]
August 30, 2011 – 5:25 pm
Air New Zealand’s pledge last week to review its long haul business and look at ‘alliance partner opportunities’ is an invitation to consider its minority equity in trans Tasman alliance partner Virgin Australia and the realignments taking place on the trans Pacific routes to the US. Virgin Australia has a strong joint venture agreement with [...]
August 30, 2011 – 7:38 am
A reader who supplied a PNR and confirmed identity provides this account of his Qantas experiences on a business trip to Hobart. It is a reminder, after the QF8 debacle on Sunday, that the neglect of the mainline product and its loyal flyers isn’t confined to international services. Does Qantas care about its business travellers [...]
August 29, 2011 – 6:20 pm
A passenger account of how yesterday’s Qantas service from Dallas Forth Worth to Sydney was delayed for almost 10 hours in a diversion to Nadi Airport in Fiji illustrates the abysmal passenger care standards and technical incompetence of the airline’s management, and helps explain why it is bleeding passengers to competing carriers. Dallas Fort Worth-Brisbane-Sydney [...]
August 29, 2011 – 11:10 am
Tiger Airways Holdings has confirmed the departure of Tony Davis from both the holding company and Tiger Airways Australia, where he is fixing the mess for which he was responsible. This is the statement issued by Tiger Airways Holdings: Monday 29 August 2011: The Board of Tiger Airways Holdings Limited (the Company) has appointed Mr. Chin [...]
August 29, 2011 – 9:48 am
There is a ‘problem’ with the Qantas pursuit of an Asia based premium carrier to provide new connections between Australia and Asia, within Asia, and between Asia and Europe, namely the expectation of far reaching reciprocal benefits in Australia. It could cost Qantas, and for that matter Virgin Australia, their investment in Australia-America flights. Qantas [...]
August 27, 2011 – 12:44 pm
The Qantas print media campaign of self-denigration continues at the rate of hundreds of thousands of dollars today. These are full page ads stating the obvious; that Qantas needs to change, but claiming to be building a ‘stronger Qantas’ while remaining in a state of denial over the management failures that have so badly damaged [...]
August 26, 2011 – 1:01 pm
While Sydney and Melbourne struggle to sort out access to their main airports (and quite a few other public transport inefficiencies) a contact in the UAE draws attention to the all-electric 250 kmh 23 passenger Superbus project to link Abu Dhabi to Dubai and their respective airports. It needs to be said at the outset, [...]
