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Like a feather Rosetta gently dropped onto Comet 67P
Ben SandilandsSep 30, 20162 Comments
Like the Rosetta stone after which the space mission was named, the mother ship and its once lost child have helped decipher the natural history of the solar system
airberlin pays dearly for its contempt for grammar and other mistakes
Ben SandilandsSep 30, 20162 Comments
If this had been happening in Australia, airberlin would have closed down and auctioned its routes and assets
MH17 criminal probe yet to identify missile launch culprits
Ben SandilandsSep 29, 20165 Comments
More than two years after the flight was destroyed the MH17 criminal inquiry hasn't identified any person involved in the launch
Singapore Airlines takes on Sydney-Jakarta route
Ben SandilandsSep 28, 20161 Comment
A powerful Asian airline brand invites itself to the sky-is-the-limit Australia-Indonesia market
Bali flights getting 'ruined' again by volcanic ash
Ben SandilandsSep 28, 20163 Comments
What you need to know about volcanoes and airline safety when flying to Bali
Airbus preps its biggest A350 and starts A330NEO assembly
Ben SandilandsSep 28, 20161 Comment
A new life for the A330 line and the largest yet version of the A350 are coming together in Toulouse
Cathay Pacific farewells the 747, thanks for the memories
Ben SandilandsSep 27, 20166 Comments
Once so great, now so rare, Cathay Pacific is about to fly its last 747-400 passenger service
The missing factor in claim MH370 search is stopping just short of predicted location
Ben SandilandsSep 26, 20165 Comments
The ATSB has good reasons to exclude the Captain Hardy site for MH370 from its search, but are they good enough?
Qantaslink 'not an emergency' incident descends into semantics
Ben SandilandsSep 23, 20164 Comments
A Qantaslink and earlier Jetstar incident in the last 24 hours have been added to the ATSB's workload
ATSB unable to link 'burnt' objects to MH370
Ben SandilandsSep 22, 20161 Comment
What looked like a breakthrough in solving the MH370 mystery hasn't been confirmed by incomplete forensic analysis
Hawaiian thinks about using A380s to counter ANA doing same
Ben SandilandsSep 22, 20169 Comments
Will it be A380s at ten paces between All Nippon Airways and Hawaiian?
Canberra is 'international' again, and this time it's for real
Ben SandilandsSep 21, 20167 Comments
The question now is who will make the second move as Canberra gets its first wide-body international flights
Virgin Australia restores Melbourne LAX 777s and puts A330s on Perth-Abu Dhabi
Ben SandilandsSep 20, 20168 Comments
It might only have small wide body fleets but Virgin Australia is working them like there is no tomorrow
Has Sydney's existing airport train found its Waterloo?
Ben SandilandsSep 16, 20167 Comments
Almost as an aside an options paper for new rail links to Sydney's 2nd airport makes a startling proposal for fixing the problems with the trains that stop at its current single airport
Qantas to replace Jetstar on Melbourne-Tokyo (Narita) route
Ben SandilandsSep 16, 20164 Comments
Qantas comes back to Melbourne-Tokyo non-stops with faster full service products in a resurgent market
ATSB confirms largest find yet of wing section of MH370
Ben SandilandsSep 15, 20166 Comments
It's official, a very large part of MH370's wing has been found, but its in two parts, one in Australia and the other in France
Values for used big jets are sick and not just for A380s
Ben SandilandsSep 15, 20169 Comments
Inflicting pain on customers has become an accounting necessity for modern airlines
US sets safety rule to stop cabin oxygen fires in jets like MH370
Ben SandilandsSep 13, 201616 Comments
The FAA has acted to prevent a cabin oxygen fed fire in 777s of a type that may have caused the loss of MH370