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Can't Sydney West airport be built sooner and at less cost?
Ben SandilandsMay 9, 201781 Comments
Hold those billions in 'good debt'. There is an alternative way of building Sydney's 2nd airport without any?
Etihad's global strategy crisis becomes more visible
Ben SandilandsMay 9, 20176 Comments
Things have come undone very publicly in the Etihad camp
Jetstar scores high in managing assets, but product?
Ben SandilandsMay 7, 201724 Comments
Jetstar shows it knows how to conjure up extra jets worth of capacity for nothing, but at very personal customer cost
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China's ambitious COMAC c919 flies for first time in Shanghai
Ben SandilandsMay 6, 201719 Comments
Don't underestimate the significance of the first flight of China's first home designed single aisle jet
ATSB sounds alarm about certification blind spot in ATR turbo-prop
Ben SandilandsMay 5, 201716 Comments
More safety issues with the infamous Virgin Australia ATR 72 incidents of 2014 have emerged
Pay more for less quality courtesy American Airlines?
Ben SandilandsMay 5, 20176 Comments
American apparently wants to find out just where the insufferable pain barrier for full service passengers can be found
Air Canada ramps up 787 non-stops, but keep eye on WestJet
Ben SandilandsMay 4, 20178 Comments
It's all Dreamliners on the Vancouver routes, but for the glorious Qantas Queen of the Skies 747
Malaysia analysis of MH370 debris supports mid-air breakup
Ben SandilandsMay 3, 20177 Comments
Malaysia has released an 81 page report into its study of probable pieces of MH370 washed up on Indian Ocean shores
Sydney Airport says No to Badgerys Creek, and to future fee gouging!
Ben SandilandsMay 2, 201741 Comments
The threat of a continued monopoly over the pricing of airline access to greater Sydney appears to have removed itself
Are the Qantas non-stop flights Perth-Europe being overhyped?
Ben SandilandsMay 2, 201779 Comments
There are factors at play in the Australia-EU and UK market that are much more important than Perth-London non-stops in a 787
China reveals the shape of things that may come in air travel
Ben SandilandsApr 30, 201717 Comments
China has flown a scale model of an airliner that exploits design elements not found in Western passenger jets
Jetstar v Choice, and a pox on both houses
Ben SandilandsApr 28, 201736 Comments
Choice, the consumer news service, has totally lost the plot in its attack on Jetstar
Singapore Airlines cleared over Melbourne 777 tail strike incident
Ben SandilandsApr 27, 201729 Comments
That much reported tail strike incident involving a SingaporeAir jet at MEL turns out to have been a case of exemplary piloting when things didn't go as planned
Etihad doubles up on Sydney A380 flights from October 29
Ben SandilandsApr 26, 20172 Comments
Etihad's move to all A380 flights at Sydney underlines seat shortages caused by airport's limitations
Chances of resumed MH370 search struggle to reach zero
Ben SandilandsApr 26, 201715 Comments
At this moment efforts to revive the MH370 search have been choked by good intentions
US curbs on Middle East carriers continue to backfire
Ben SandilandsApr 25, 20177 Comments
The Trump administrations pandering to anti Middle East carrier lobbying hasn't stopped Etihad and now Qatar Airways from growing their US routes
Cassini space probe puts Earth in perspective from between Saturn's rings
Ben SandilandsApr 23, 201714 Comments
One last glimpse, between Saturn's rings, of home planet Earth for the epic Cassini space mission
Revised MH370 wreckage drift analysis adds pressure for renewed search
Ben SandilandsApr 21, 201737 Comments
The ATSB has just published a CSIRO report that makes the political decision to suspend the MH370 search highly questionable
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