Qantas Airlines named its future fleet of 20 Airbus A380 aircrafts after famous Australians in aviation.
From Asia Travel Tips -
The full list of people who will have an A380 named after them are:
• Nancy-Bird Walton – the first woman to fly a commercial aviation service in Australia.• Hudson Fysh – one of the founders [...]
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Qantas names its Airbus A380 fleet after famous Australians (in aviation)
Posted in Airlines, Planes, tagged A380, Airbus, Australia, Australian, Fleet, Names, Naming the Fleet, Pioneers in Aviation, Qantas on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Glenn Tilton still beats Geoff Dixon on Airline CEO pay!
Posted in Airlines, Luxury, tagged $$$, Australia, Bonus, Compensation, Geoff Dixon, Glenn Titlon, Layoffs, Qantas, United, Unjustified on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Qantas’ chief Geoff Dixon will step down next month with US $8.5 million (Australian $11.92 million) package this year which is still less than $10.3 million that United’s Glen Tilton received in 2007. But it does make Mr Dixon the second highest paid airline head! It is interesting to note that his compensation is much [...]
V Australia postpones Launch
Posted in Airlines, Planes, Tickets, Travel Woes, tagged 777, 777-300ER, Australia, Boeing, Brisbane, Delay, Launch delay, Los Angeles, Scott Swift, Strike, Sydney, V Australia, Virgin, Virgin Blue on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
V Australia, Virgin Blue’s long-haul offshoot, was supposed to launch its service from Sydney to Los Angeles on December 15th, but due to the strike at Boeing headquarters has forced the launch until February of next year!
The airline has suspended advanced sale of tickets for travel December 15 2008 to February 28th 2009.
The strike is [...]
Good News Everyone: Qantas receives its first Airbus A380 (with Video)
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Luxury, Video, landing video, tagged A380, Airbus A380, Australia, Delivery Schedule, Dom Perignon, First, Landing, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Neil Perry, Penfolds Grange 2001 vintage, Qantas, Seat Configuration, Sydney on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 21st 2008, Sydney got its first landing by an Airbus A380 with Qantas’ first A380 delivery.
Some highlights of the event -
Like Father like son – Captain Peter Probert flew the plane (his father flew the first Boeing 747 into Australia in 1971)
Flight – Flew from Toulouse, France (Friday night) and landed in Sydney about [...]
Second Qantas plane makes emergency landing!
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged Adelaide, Australia, Boeing 737, Emergency, Emergency Landing, Melbourne, Qantas, Quantas on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another Qantas jet (Boeing 737-800) had to make an emergency landing. The plane made an emergency landing at Adelaide Airport (37 minutes after taking off from the airport) after a door opened during flight to Melbourne. The airline did announce that “the door covering the wheel bay was not closed properly during take-off“.
This is the [...]
Qantas 747 lands with a hole in fuselage
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged 747, Australia, Emergency Landing, Hole, London, Loud boom, Manila, Melbourne, Philippines, Qantas, QF 30, Quantas, UK on July 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A Qantas 747-400 (QF 30 from London to Melbourne) was cruising at 29,000 feet when there was a loud boom. The boom was because of a hole which grew with a time extending from cargo hold into the passenger cabin. The cabin lost pressure and the aircraft started losing altitude (quickly descended 10,000 feet). The [...]
Good news everyone: More flights to Thailand/brazil from Australia
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Tickets, Travel Location, tagged Brazil, Australia, Good News Everyone, Australian Airlines, Thailand, More Flights on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brazil is the most popular South American destination for Australian travelers and Thailand is Australia’s 6th largest destination.
Under a new federal government (Australian) agreement, flights to/from Thailand will immediately increase from 35 per week to 40 per week and 45 per week starting March next year. Also flights to/from Brazil will increase from 7 to [...]
Quantas announces cost cutting measures
Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Planes, tagged 737, 767, A320, Australia, Capacity cuts, Capacity Reduction, Layoff, Quantas Airways, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, Retire on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier last week, Virgin Blue announced cost cutting measures. Friday, Quantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) Airways, largest Australian airline and Australia’s national airline, announced their own measures -
Cut 1,500 jobs by Dec 31 2008 – 20% management and head-office support positions to be slashed
Cancel plans to hire additional 1,200 employees
Cancel a planned 8% [...]
Virgin Blue: Cost cutting measures announced
Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Travel Woes, tagged 737, Australia, Australian Airlines, Baggage fees, Capacity cuts, Capacity Reductions, Increasing fares, Virgin Blue on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rising gas prices have lead airlines around the world to try every kind of cost cutting measures like capacity reductions and new travel fees. Virgin Blue, Australian low cost airlines and Australia’s second biggest airline, announced today some new cost cutting measures -
Capacity reduction – Removing 2 Boeing 737 from service by October 2008. Also [...]
Australia signs deals with South Africa and Kenya for better airspace
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Travel Location, tagged Australia, South Africa, Africa, Kenya, Airspace on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Australia has signed a deal with South Africa and Kenya to open up their airspace for the countries’ airlines allowing more flights between the South Africa – Kenya and Australia.
From Dispatch Online -
“Under the deal,
the number of weekly services Australian airlines can fly to South
Africa will immediately double to 10, rising to 14 in October [...]












