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Qantas' A330s on order: for Jetstar or Qantas?

Qantas has three A330-200's on order, says Wikipedia. Are these for Jetstar's use or for Qantas Domestic use?

ASKED ON 22/9/11 1 answer
Chinese airlines rising in popularity out of Australia

China Southern is adding extra flights from Australia and New Zealand to Guangzhou and Beijing later this year, with Auckland, Brisbane and Melbourne all seeing more frequent service. Perth-Guangz...

POSTED ON 15/8/11 1 comment
Virgin Atlantic's new A330 has seductive mood lighting

Who says the glamour has been lost from trans-Atlantic air travel? Virgin Atlantic's latest Airbus A330 will welcome you into a cabin bathed in a soft "rose champagne" glow, and it only gets better...

POSTED ON 3/8/11 0 comments
Pilot panic brought down Air France AF447: investigators

The tragic interim conclusion by French air safety investigators is that the pilots in charge of Air France AF447 were inadequately trained and confused by multiple warnings in the cockpit. Follow...

POSTED ON 1/8/11 0 comments
On board Virgin Australia's first Sydney-Perth A330 flight

Australian Business Traveller was on-board Virgin Australia's first Sydney-Perth flight today as the airline gears up for what will be a three-times daily service from July, marketed under the 'Coa...

POSTED ON 26/5/11 14 comments
Cathay Pacific Airbus engine catches fire, emergency landing

A Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 has made an emergency landing just 40 minutes into its flight after one of its engines caught fire. Flight CX715 took off from Singapore at 1.12am, bound for Jakarta, ...

POSTED ON 16/5/11 0 comments
Flight data recorder from Air France 447 crash found

The flight data recorder from the wreckage of Air France 447 has finally been recovered, almost two years after the plane went down. The cylindrical Honeywell ruggedised Flight Recorder stores dat...

POSTED ON 2/5/11 0 comments
Perth Airport's $515m upgrade to start July

A massive three-year $515 million program to overhaul Perth Airport is set to begin in July, which will include upgrading terminals to handle the Airbus A380 and building a new &lsqu...

POSTED ON 27/4/11 1 comment
Malaysia Airlines to add second new Airbus A330 to Australia-Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Airlines will add a second all-new Airbus A330-300 from Australia to Kuala Lumpur later this year, following the April 20th debut of its first factory-fresh A330-300 on the Brisb...

POSTED ON 11/4/11 0 comments
Malaysia Airlines introduces new Airbus A330 to Brisbane-Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Airlines will introduce its all-new Airbus A330-300 onto Brisbane-Kuala Lumpur flights from April 20th. MAS has fifteen factory-fresh A330s on order, all of which will sport the same styl...

POSTED ON 6/4/11 1 comment