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When you think about airline labor disputes, you probably think about strikes. After years and years of negotiating, the unions gain the right to walk out and that shuts the airline down, or it at least hampers its operations significantly. This weekend Read More...
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Cranky Flier
on Mon, Oct 31 2011
Filed under: Qantas, Labor Relations
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Good points HAL I was trying to work out the 5 airlines, I read somewhere that they were all outside of the USA, so i am guessing at FlyDubai, GOL, Lion Airlines, Norwegian, Qantas If you include USA then you need to add into the mix American and Southwest Airlines
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If you’ll be near LAX this Saturday, mark your calendar to celebrate 5 Cranky years. Join me and Johnny Jet at In ‘n Out for a little plane spotting between 11a and 1p. So I thought that Qantas was going to roll out its big plans to transform Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Thu, Aug 18 2011
Filed under: Qantas
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Tucked down in the corner of the world, Australia is usually not the first place to come to mind for, well, just about anything. But right now, it’s by far the most interesting aviation market in the world. I’m not just talking about the Chilean Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Tue, Jul 5 2011
Filed under: Virgin Blue, Qantas
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Congress Might Finally Break the FAA Funding Logjam… Maybe – BNET Headwinds Now that Rep Oberstar is gone, the FAA reauthorization might eventually go through, maybe. US Airways: Without Fees, We Have No Profit – BNET Headwinds US Airways Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Sat, Dec 18 2010
Filed under: United, US Airways, Government Regulation, Southwest, BNET, Qantas
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Boeing’s Response to the Airbus A320 Revamp Is Simple: Nothing – BNET Headwinds Now that Airbus has decided to re-engine the A320, Boeing has to decide what to do. I don’t think we’ll see anything for awhile. Silver Lining: A380 Grounding Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Sat, Dec 11 2010
Filed under: Southwest, Boeing, BNET, A380, Qantas
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A Qantas A380 super-jumbo which suffered two tyre blowouts while landing at Sydney Airport will be assessed before a decision is taken whether to examine other aircraft in the national carrier's fleet. The plane has been grounded while an investigation is carried out into the incident last night...
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Credit: Robin Bamps You can buy your copy of this year's JP Airline Fleets and much more at Flightglobal's shop: http://www.flightglobalshop.com//jp-directories-cds/jp-2009/10/prod_236.html
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Qantas cancels Dreamliner orders Boeing has announced it will delay the Dreamliner's first test flight due to a structural flaw [EPA] Australia's Qantas Airways has cancelled orders for 15 Boeing Dreamliners and deferred orders for 15 more new planes, dealing the US-based plane maker a heavy...
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Good point Alek I remember the Qantas incident could this be the same..see below In the October 7 incident, on Qantas flight QF72 from Singapore to Perth, passengers were hurled around the cabin after the Airbus A330 aircraft dropped with two plunges of 20 and 16 seconds 200 and 650 metres in a matter...
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Qantas took their third A380 (VH-OQC) yesterday, the first of these are due in LHR 17th Jan 09 Arriving LHR at 06.20am Dept to SYD 11.15
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The arrival of the inaugural Qantas A380 commercial service (QF93) in Los Angeles on Monday 20 October 2008 featured John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John Credit: Qantas
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Airbus A380
by
Maverick
on Wed, Oct 22 2008
Filed under: A380, Airbus, Qantas, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
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The arrival of the inaugural Qantas A380 commercial service (QF93) in Los Angeles on Monday 20 October 2008 featured John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Credit: Qantas
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Airbus A380
by
Maverick
on Wed, Oct 22 2008
Filed under: A380, Airbus, Qantas, John Travolta
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The arrival of the inaugural Qantas A380 commercial service (QF93) in Los Angeles on Monday 20 October 2008 featured John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John Credit: Qantas
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Airbus A380
by
Maverick
on Wed, Oct 22 2008
Filed under: A380, Airbus, Qantas, John Travolta
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Weekly podcast, featuring the GTF test flights for the Airbus A340, Delta and Northwest shuffle their fleets in merger preparations, Faulty data explains a very bumpy ride on one Qantas A330, the supersonic Blackswift is cut by congress.