Qantas

Last week’s winter storm was felt all over the Northeast, with the New York area receiving over 16 inches of snow. It led to many unique visitors for airports such as Stewart International Airport receiving a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. But the snow couldn’t melt away quicker as a meltdown ensued at John F. Kennedy […]

Qantas Airways showed off its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner named “Great Southern Land” to an energized crowd at its Los Angeles hangar on Friday. The event took place before the aircraft’s maiden commercial flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne that night. Several Qantas staff, news reporters, and invited guests were in attendance, including Qantas Senior […]

Qantas Airways has been busy with their new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. First, the airline announced the name for their new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Then, Qantas announced that they will be adding an additional flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles and adding a new route to their network, Melbourne to San Francisco, with both of the new flights […]

Saturday marks seven years since Qantas flight 32 experienced an in air emergency over Indonesia. The incident was the first major one for the Airbus A380, which at the time, was a two year old aircraft. Although the flight landed safely with no injuries to the 469 passengers and crew on board, the incident had […]

On October 16, Qantas celebrated the delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft at the Boeing factory in Seattle with a special ceremony. “Taking delivery of a new type of aircraft is always an important milestone for an airline and the 787 is a game-changer. From the distance it’s able to fly, to the […]

With the delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 aircraft expected to take place later this week, Australian-based Qantas announced the aircraft’s third expected route, Brisbane to Los Angeles. The flights featuring the new aircraft are expected to begin by the end of 2018. The delivery ceremony is expected to take place on Oct. 17 at […]

Qantas announced that the airline plans to have its Los Angeles-based aircraft powered by biofuel from 2020 onward, thereby reducing the carbon emissions on the airline’s service between the U.S. and Australia. The airline is purchasing the fuel from U.S. based bio-energy company, SG Preston. It’s expected that Qantas will purchase over eight million gallons […]

Qantas and GE Aviation, in a joint collaboration, have created a new flight data application for pilots that helps with flight efficiency and lowering carbon emissions. The new platform is called FlightPulse, and it is the first commercialized product to be developed with mobile services from GE’s Predix platform. FlightPulse allows pilots to access their […]

With delivery of the new Boeing 787-9 approaching, Sydney-based carrier Qantas has announced that four of its 787s will be based in Brisbane, a city in the Australian state of Queensland, upon delivery. Qantas plans on stationing its four other 787s in Melbourne. The announcement comes after Qantas had previously announced that all of its […]

In a week which saw further Boeing 747 retirements as airlines continue to modernize their fleets, it continues to look like the Queen of the Skies’ days are ever more numbered. This icon of aviation and a favorite of both airlines and passengers since its launch in 1970 has slowly been pushed aside in favor […]