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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
Qantas reveals a wide new premium economy seat for 787s
Ben SandilandsFeb 23, 20174 Comments
Qantas has flagged a premium economy emphasis in future marketing with a seat that offers relief from the terrible things being done in ordinary Y class cabins everywhere
Jetstar (Australia) makes another play for Vietnam market
Ben SandilandsJan 19, 2017
It took its time, but Qantas is back in the Vietnam fare wars with Jetstar (Australia) flights from May
Scoot to fly Singapore-Athens from June next year
Ben SandilandsAug 16, 201610 Comments
Scoot's Athen's flights open a new chapter in Singapore Airlines' plans to develop a multi-brand low cost and full service business model
Qantas takes vital step to 787 era with new flight sim
Ben SandilandsAug 8, 201613 Comments
The introduction of 787 Dreamliners by Qantas is on track with a Sydney simulator being made official
Why SingaporeAir's new US flight is about your backside
Ben SandilandsJun 17, 20162 Comments
The first real test of the discomfort levels of the new Airbus A350 versus the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been set up on the painfully long Singapore-San Francisco route
Qantas 787-9s said to offer dreamy comfy 235 seat count
Ben SandilandsJan 26, 201622 Comments
There are credible rumours that the seat count in the Qantas Boeing 787-9s due from the end of 2017 will be a low, and comfortable 235, and Melbourne-Dallas will be one of the route
ATSB rates Jetstar Darwin diversion as 'serious'
Ben SandilandsDec 23, 20158 Comments
That puzzling diversion of a Jetstar 787-8 on its way from Melbourne to Singapore to Darwin on Monday 21 December has been rated as a 'serious' incident by the ATSB, which the safet
Air Canada 787 doubles key Australian route even before it launches
Ben SandilandsDec 21, 201514 Comments
Interest in Australia-Canada travel has surged to the extent that Air Canada has turned its new route from Vancouver to Brisbane to a daily 787 Dreamliner from 17 June next year. Wh
Skies going dark with more A380s, 787 Dreamliners
Ben SandilandsDec 18, 201545 Comments
Emirates keeps sending Airbus A380s to cities where 'experts' said they'd never work, and Boeing keeps pumping out 787 Dreamliners. Such announcements are almost daily
Air NZ's 787 Dreamliners may be better suited to hobbits than people
Ben SandilandsDec 6, 201512 Comments
Airlines that fly Boeing 787s have a real problem to deal with. It’s inferior in seating space in some important respects to Boeing 777s and Airbus A380s and A350s.
American aid program for NZ tourism starts next June with daily 787s
Ben SandilandsNov 11, 201510 Comments
There is hope for normal sized adults seeking an economy fare in a tight fit Dreamliner 787-8 if flying between Auckland and Los Angeles daily from next 16 June. Tha
Who cares if lithium ion batteries still burn in Boeing 787s?
Ben SandilandsOct 28, 201541 Comments
Halloween surprise? Lithium ion batteries continue to burn under the floors of 787s (if only rarely) but fear not, all is well even if no one in the maker or regulator knows why nor
United to move to all 787-9s on Australia routes in 2016
Ben SandilandsAug 27, 201516 Comments
Routes Online has tweeted but not yet posted that United Airlines will operate the 787-9 Dreamliner on all of its Austral
British Airways admits its 787s are too tight
Ben SandilandsAug 25, 201522 Comments
Runway Girl Network has becom
That tail fire in an Ethiopian 787 was more serious than thought
Ben SandilandsAug 22, 201521 Comments
The aviation world quickly lost interest in a tail fire in a parked Ethiopian Airlines 787 at London Heathrow in 2013 when it was found to have been caused by a pinched wire in an e
How the Qantas 787s could transform Perth, Adelaide services
Ben SandilandsAug 21, 201531 Comments
The passing reference by Qantas group CEO Alan Joyce to the possibility of making Perth the Australian anchor for non-stop flights to London may not have touched on its real potenti