Qantas has announced three ultra long-haul research flights to gather new data about inflight passenger and crew health and wellbeing. The flights form part of planning for Project Sunrise – Qantas’ goal to operate regular, non-stop commercial flights from the east coast of Australia (Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne) to London and New York. The three…
Boeing said on Tuesday it plans to add extra staff and hire “a few hundred” temporary employees at an airport in Washington state where it is storing many grounded 737 MAX jetliners, a key step in its best-case plan for resuming deliveries to airline customers in October. The hiring plans are the first publicly…
The High Court in Dublin has blocked a proposed strike by Ireland-based Ryanair pilots on Thursday and Friday. Ryanair’s lawyers in Ireland told the court that the pilots union, which represents around 180 Ryanair pilots, had not let talks reach a conclusion before announcing the strike. In a tweet, Ryanair welcomed the judgement from the…
A “nightmare” JFK flight to Miami was delayed for so long that cops had to be summoned after fights broke out between frustrated — and exhausted — passengers. Delta Flight 2385 sat on the tarmac for nearly eight hours at the Queens airport on Thursday, with things getting out of control when sparring broke out,…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) this week released a report that was critical of charity Angel Flight Australia. The report was the result of a fatal collision into terrain incident involving an Angel Flight flight. On 28 June 2017 a SOCATA TB-10 Tobago, registration VH-YTM was conducting an Angel Flight from Mount Gambier in…
The British CEO of Cathay Pacific has resigned over participation of some of it’s workers in the Hong Kong protests. Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, Paul Loo has also resigned. The news was announced on Chinese state media, rather than through Hong Kong business channels. Last week China warned Cathay Pacific that employees that “support…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that miniature horses are still officially allowed to fly as service animals in all cabins of commercial planes, in a statement aiming to define the guidelines regarding protections for emotional support and psychiatric service cats, dogs and the tiny equines. Last Thursday, the agency released its final statement of enforcement…
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the record breaking London-Sydney flight of QF7441, a record that still stands. The flight was undertaken by the first Qantas 747, registration VH-OJA. Planning for the flight was secretive, had started 2 years previous and involved the cooperation of Boeing and Rolls Royce. The 747 had a range of…
Officials are investigating a man they say allegedly stowed away on a flight from Havana to Miami that landed early Friday. Investigators from U.S Customs and Border Protection say the 26-year-old Cuban man was in the baggage cargo area of the Swift Airlines flight that landed at Miami International Airport just after midnight. A ramp…
After the emergency landing of a passenger plane in a cornfield near Moscow, the two pilots have received top honours for courage and heroism. President Vladimir Putin ordered captain Damir Yusupov and co-pilot Georgy Murzin be given Russia’s highest state award, the Hero of Russia, said the Kremlin on Friday. He granted the Order of…
In an Australian first, Virgin Australia has relaxed it’s rules around baggage allowances for infants. The changes mean that 23kg of checked-in baggage will be included free for children 23 months and under, plus two infant items like baby capsules, prams or cots. An extra 7kg of carry on for essential baby products will also…
Boeing delayed the entry into service of an ultra-long-range version of its forthcoming 777X widebody. The delay in the slower-selling, longer-range 777-8 will hamper Boeing’s ability to provide a plane in line with the schedule for Qantas Airways Ltd’s plan for 21-hour non-stop Sydney-London flights. The Australian airline had hoped for first deliveries of the…
