The Jetstar ascendancy is now on in earnest at Qantas.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce set the airline on course for major changes in his briefings at the full year financial results presentations today.
The three year $1.5 billion ‘Q Future’ cost reduction program is officially about more efficient practices in aircraft procurement and fleet utilisation and processes [...]
Tag Archives: Boeing 787
It’s a Jetstar a rising at Qantas
August 19, 2009 – 6:22 pm
Qantas: No 777s, more A330s, 87% less profits and group flew into negative earnings in second half
August 19, 2009 – 9:02 am
The Qantas full year to 30 June financial briefing was held this morning.
The Qantas group filings and presentations are available on www.asx.com.au under the code QAN.
The highlights are:
Profit before tax down 87% compared to the previous financial year to $181 million.
Profit after tax is $123 million. The corresponding figures in financial year 2008 were [...]
V Australia reminds Qantas how wrong it was about the 777
August 17, 2009 – 4:32 pm
Virgin Blue has really shown how it can punish Qantas for its absurd resistance to acquiring Boeing 777s.
The announced ‘phase two’ expansion of its V Australia fleet which rises to only four of these jets by December is going to be an enormous headache for Qantas.
And especially considering it holds orders or options for up [...]
Boeing claims it has a 787 schedule
August 15, 2009 – 3:00 pm
Another day, another entry in the log of lies and evasions about the 787.
At 6.16 pm Seattle time on Friday (11.16 am eastern time on Saturday in Australia) Boeing issued the following guidance on an Alenia statement, which in turn it was unable to provide, on the situation with the parts it ordered its [...]
Qantas puts latest 787 screw up under scrutiny
August 14, 2009 – 12:11 pm
There is no official response yet from Qantas over the latest and apparently very serious issue to emerge in Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner program.
As Jon Ostrower reports in the Flightblogger story, production of major parts of the plastic central barrel of the 300 passenger twin aisle ‘wonder’ jet by Italian program partner Alenia ceased on 23 [...]
Hitler’s 787 is delayed again
August 8, 2009 – 5:51 am
After another very bad week for those who still have jobs in the airline business, or shares in the carriers or some of the businesses that depend on them that were bought more than a year ago, a bit more comic relief might be in order .
Note the clear evidence toward the end that the [...]
US media wakes up to Dreamliner nightmare
August 7, 2009 – 9:37 am
Boeing’s Dreamliner dream run with the US media is well and truly over.
After rumblings in the financial media a month ago after the company was compromised by promising a first flight of the 787 prototype by 30 June and then cancelling it with only days to go after revealing it had broken a wing/body joint [...]
More action at Everett as the engines turn for the 787 test fleet
May 24, 2009 – 1:09 pm
‘Flightblogger’ Jon Ostrower has developments at Paine Field, Everett, well and truly nailed, and it is looking as though the 787 Dreamliner is at last closing in on first flight.
Jon’s continuous column is the authority on where the first and second Dreamliners in particular are as they prepare for first flight. The current deadline mentioned [...]
OK, let’s try first flight by 29 May, or 29 June, or…
April 20, 2009 – 3:57 pm
Despite the speculation about Dreamliner first flight by 29 April, a few more callers have said the jet won’t be ready by Wednesday week. So, here’s to hanging out until say 29 May, at which point my optimism and the enthusiasm of some who are well connected in such matters may well peel off in [...]
The 777, the 787 and Qantas
April 3, 2009 – 8:10 am
Hardly a day goes by when industry contacts don’t reflect on the folly of Qantas failing to order the Boeing 777.
Not just the current versions of the jet, but back in the late 90s when the higher gross weight version of the 777-200, which became branded as the -200ER became available.
No one really knows, other [...]
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