Qantas has completed the installation of internet wifi equipment on board a Boeing 737-800 ahead of customers being able to use the service “early next year”. The 737-800, VH-XZB, was fitted with a satellite antenna, multiple wireless access points in the cabin and other hardware at Qantas’s Brisbane engineering base. The airline said it took
Qantas is counting the cost of Sunday afternoon’s wild storm over Brisbane, with four aircraft damaged amid 150km/h winds. Pictures taken from passengers and ground staff over the weekend showed stairs striking a Qantas Boeing 737-800 while passengers were on board, with one incident piercing a hole in an engine cowling. This content is available
Sydney has expanded its network of Chinese cities with the start of a new nonstop flight to Chengdu. On Saturday, Air China’s inaugural Sydney-Chengdu service, operated by Airbus A330-200 configured with 30 business class and 207 economy class seats, touched down. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To
Hong Kong Airlines’ inaugural service to Auckland touched down amid cloudy skies on Friday morning, adding an element of competition on a route currently served by Cathay Pacific and Air New Zealand as part of a joint-venture. Flight HX21, operated by Airbus A330-200 B-LNF, landed at Auckland Airport at 0715 local time on Friday, after
Qantas has unveiled an updated livery and kangaroo logo to coincide with plans to introduce the Boeing 787 into service late next year. The airline says the new livery is only the fifth to be introduced since the kangaroo first appeared on Qantas aircraft in 1944, and the first livery refresh since 2007 ahead of the
Sunday saw the first international passenger flight out of Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport, a milestone not only for the privately-owned airport but for Toowoomba and the surrounding region. Qantas Airbus A330-300 VH-QPA operated the one-off charter to Shanghai, organised by the Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE) business group, carrying about 200 delegates to participate in a five-day AccessChina ’16 business