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On the ninth day since Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 was lost from radar contact between Singapore and Surabaya, a total of five large pieces of hypothetical aircraft wreckage and 30 bodies are all that the Indonesia-led international search and recovery effort has been located. The “big parts”, as search and rescue agency BASARNAS chief Bambang
One week since Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 disappeared from radar over the Java Sea, the recovery and investigation are proceeding slowly. Seasonally high seas and winds up to 56 km/h are continuing to complicate remote submersible and diver operations, while the search areas have been expanded slightly eastward and the Most Probable Area focus for the
Hangar 6 at Etihad’s Abu Dhabi home base was packed on Thursday – and not just because the airline’s newest Airbus A380 and Boeing 787-9 were parked inside. Etihad had flown journalists from across the world to reveal three pillars of its new ‘Flying Reimagined’ strategy: the first of a 10-strong fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft
Qantas’s new Business Suite is set to take to the skies “from later this year” aboard Airbus A330-200 aircraft serving domestic transcontinental routes. Asia services will see the new Thompson Vantage XL seat next year as refitted aircraft return to the 28-strong fleet from Qantas’s Brisbane MRO facility. The refit process begins this November and
Etihad Airways’ Australian president and chief executive officer, James Hogan, was in his element at the rollout of his airline’s first Airbus A380 in Hamburg on Thursday night. The rollout of the airline’s new flagship aircraft, and with it the public reveal of the airline’s smart new livery, is a significant milestone for the Abu
Three times during Thursday’s annual results press conference, CEO Alan Joyce used the term “confronting” to describe the Qantas Group’s $2.8 billion net loss for the 2013-14 financial year. “It has absolutely been the most challenging environment that we’ve faced, and the results as a result have been confronting,” Joyce told journalists at Qantas’s Mascot
