For those who want it in dot points or a tiny silver screen this is what’s in or a consequence of the Senate committee inquiry into the air accident investigation (Pel-Air) report.
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American’s transcon A321s, is it the Qantas Red Q concept?
This is jet porn. American Airlines details its A321 transcontinental service, which might be what Qantas had in mind for Asia.
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Etihad tries the reverse Emirates play in Amsterdam
Virgin Australia alliance partner Etihad continues to go about building its Australia-Europe links the opposite way to Emirates with its partnership with Qantas.
READ MOREVirgin Australia 737 climb toward stall under inquiry
An incident in which a Virgin Australia 737-800 was incorrectly flown toward its cruising altitude at a fixed mach value, causing the airspeed to decline toward a loss of control situation is under investigation by the ATSB.
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BWB Will the shape of things to come ever arrive?
Is Boeing onto the next ‘big thing’ in airliners, in its incredibly tiny Manta Ray shaped test vehicle, the X-48B?
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Lives lost yet not forgotten in the Sahara on UTA flight 772
The internet hangs onto information with a tenacity that some physicists have argued may be a function of ‘black hole’ event horizons. One such ‘ghost’ is a photo album recording the memorial constructed from stones, broken mirrors and wreckage from the crash site of UTA flight 772, a DC-10, which was destroyed by a [...]
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How about dual Qantas-Emirates liveries?
One of the frequent comments in discussions about the Qantas-Emirates partnership is the ‘invisibility’ of the Qantas brand for those who get punted on to Emirates airliners to Europe out of Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, the capitals abandoned by the Australian flag carrier in favor of code shared reservations.
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Singapore Air, Tiger fortunes diverge in 4Q FY13
Tiger up, Singapore Airlines down as low cost trumps full service in fourth quarter earnings.
READ MOREFalling Australian dollar takes airlines with it
A weak Australian dollar is good for the country, bad for its airlines.
READ MOREAs Virgin falters airline investors face bigger questions
In just over 24 hours of brutal insights into errors in Virgin Australia and a sharp sell off in the shares that aren’t owned by major investors Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand and Etihad the market at least has new guidance from its management that it will nevertheless be in profit, reduced profit, for the [...]
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Qantas takes on V’s E-jets with rebirthed 717s
Something more than interesting is on the way in the battle for Canberra corporate and government accounts as QantasLink prepares a fleet of refurbished Boeing 717s to take on Virgin Australia’s Embraer 190s.
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Brisbane gets 4 Emirates A380 flights daily from 2 October
While they will all be flown by the same A380, there will be four Emirates flights a day using the giant Airbus through Brisbane Airport from 2 October, a Dubai arrival and departure and an Auckland arrival and departure.
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Virgin Australia says getting better has made things worse
A cut-to-the-chase reading of the Virgin Australia profit downgrade issued yesterday is that it has improved itself into a less profitable position than before.
READ MOREQantas marketing, messaging and massaging changes
Qantas has promoted Olivia Wirth to additional senior responsibilities in the group beyond government and media relations to Group Executive Brand, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, and recruited Andrew Parker from a distinguished career with Emirates to become Group Executive Government and International Affairs.
READ MOREAsia gets less safe for ‘capital light’ airline ventures
Qantas remains officially confident about its plans for ‘capital light’ expansion in Asia, and Virgin Australia places its hopes on alliances to participate in the boom times, but are events leaving them behind?
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