There are a few fragments of information going around that suggest Qantas is thinking about a possible future without its much delayed 787s.
One item is that it is looking at getting even more A330s, from wherever it can get them.
Same source as Plane Talking’s early call in July of a subsequent firm order for more [...]
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Is Qantas thinking about a future with no 787s?
November 15, 2009 – 4:39 pm
All Nippon Airways invents a First Class ‘Crypt’ and puts bidets in the bathrooms
November 14, 2009 – 12:01 pm
All Nippon has revealed its new premium and economy cabins and given the quality end of the air travel spectrum a big jolt.
How about bidets in the bathrooms for the first and business class cabins? Which it claims as a world first. Will this cause Emirates to also install bidets in its twin shower/spa rooms [...]
Dreamliner: Boeing says ‘we have an answer for everything’
November 14, 2009 – 7:20 am
Hot off Google, and a perfect reminder of how ineffective Rupert Murdoch’s pay wall on the Wall Street Journal really is, here is its latest report on the Boeing 787.
At Boeing, Dreamliner Fix Turns Up New Glitch
By PETER SANDERS
Boeing Co. said Thursday it had finished fixing the problem that had forced it to postpone the [...]
‘Fly by Wire’ the book, and an incredible video
November 13, 2009 – 10:55 am
The six minute flight then glide of US Airways flight Cactus 1549 from La Guardia airport to splashdown in the Hudson River on January 15 this year was a rare and spectacular good news story when it comes to air crashes.
The release this week of Fly by Wire, the Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on [...]
Is Cathay Pacific also a canary about to sing again?
November 12, 2009 – 12:40 pm
After comparing Singapore Airlines to a canary in a mine shaft yesterday it is only fair to suggest that Cathay Pacific may also be about to return to song, indicating that the toxic trading conditions of the GFC are receding.
In its guidance on its mixed October operating statistics, Cathay Pacific says:
“The seasonal upturn in our [...]
Joyce’s Qantas to become a new premium carrier
November 11, 2009 – 3:17 pm
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce gave to his answer to the Virgin Blue ‘airline of the future’ one brand strategy today.
He said Qantas would become a ‘new premium carrier’, a reference to Virgin Blue’s ‘new world carrier’ concept. And it would not, ever, Jetstar-ise itself. The dual brand strategy would continue, but with ‘evolved’ premium [...]
Qantas launches Baggage Tag of the Future
November 11, 2009 – 2:10 pm
A permanent baggage tag will be a key part of the Qantas Airport of the Future project announced today by its CEO, Alan Joyce.
The concept is that of updating the information in the baggage tracking system in tandem with the chip embedded in the tag each time a Qantas Frequent Flyer member checks the bag [...]
Singapore Airlines reports smaller losses and signs of recovery
November 11, 2009 – 11:26 am
If airlines are the canaries in the mine shaft when it comes to the economic environment, then Singapore Airlines is more firmly gripping its perch but not yet in song.
It has just reported a quarterly loss of $SIN 159 million, compared to $SIN307 million in the previous first quarter of its financial year which ends [...]
The JSF starts to lose the US media
November 11, 2009 – 9:52 am
The wall of lies and delusions that surrounds the JSF project is starting to crumble apace in Washington DC, and the only question that really counts in Canberra is how quickly the government will take to get on top of its defence establishment.
The full and original story ‘The Self-Dismembering F-35′ by Winslow T Wheeler is [...]
A reminder of a growing problem
November 10, 2009 – 9:46 am
This photo illustrates a problem that is likely to affect Australian carriers and their normal sized passengers as the obesity epidemic spreads .
It was taken last month by a flight attendant in the US on her iPhone. She noticed the situation when the dispatch agent was distracted at the front of the cabin trying to [...]
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