The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is now considering the remote possibility that a rogue cosmic ray or solar particle caused a Qantas A330-300 to twice dive out of control over Western Australia on October 7 last year.
Startling though this may sound, the second interim report into the accident, in which 12 people were seriously injured [...]
Tag Archives: Qantas
QF72: Did a cosmic ray zap the Airbus?
November 18, 2009 – 5:33 pm
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jetstar Pacific faces identity crisis
November 6, 2009 – 7:12 pm
Jetstar in Australia says it is ‘digesting’ a direction by the government of Vietnam to cease using the generic Jetstar brand and orange star logo next year on its Vietnamese controlled and based Jetstar Pacific franchise.
A spokesman for Jetstar says it was advised of the directive through the Ministry of Transport earlier [...]
V Australia looks at VVVery long range 777s, BUT ISN’T GETTING ANY JUST YET
November 6, 2009 – 5:45 pm
Uh oh. V Australia is now officially not about to order more Boeing 777s, either -300ERs, which it already has in service, or ultra long range -200LRs.
Earlier today even some finger-on-pulse sources in Qantas were of the view that V Australia is poised to acquire enough Boeing 777-200LRs to launch non-stop flights between Sydney and [...]
Will air safety in Australia be reformed promptly, or after a disaster?
November 3, 2009 – 5:11 pm
Two safety critical issues arose today, in Crikey reports about a Qantas 767 descending too low with its wheels up as it approached Sydney last Monday, and about the informal relationship between Qantas and CASA and shoddy foreign maintenance.
They raise again the question as to whether the public administration of air safety in Australia is [...]
ATSB probes Qantas (767) and Jetstar (A330) serious incidents
November 2, 2009 – 7:16 pm
Two recent incidents officially rated as serious involving Jetstar and Qantas flights are under investigation by the ATSB.
The Jetstar incident, on October 28, may have involved an iced up pitot or external speed measuring device on an A330 which was flying from Tokyo to the Gold Coast.
The flight experienced an involuntarily autopilot disconnection and [...]
Latest Qantas update: Passenger numbers up, yields down, Jetstar continues to grow apace
November 2, 2009 – 3:52 pm
Look closely at the domestic business class cabin on your Cityflyer next time your company makes you walk through to the economy section. It’s not going to be around much longer in its current form in the new reality of cheaper and tighter seating.
As this commentary included in today’s release of the Qantas operating [...]
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