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Boeing 737 MAX re-certification is not expected before October – Airway
Delays, delays, delays. As the Wall Street Journal reported, the MAX return is likely pushed into next year. But does anyone really care at this point?
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I Just Took the World’s First 20-Hour Flight. Here’s What It Did to Me – Bloomberg
This is quite the PR stunt Qantas has put on. How much do you really learn from having only a few passengers on an airplane all flying in business? Besides, … Read the post
American finally received some good news this week. After getting rejected once, the airline received tentative approval from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to put together its joint venture with Qantas. This is welcome news, and it should have been approved previously. This isn’t an outright approval, however. There … Read the post
It’s time for another edition of Ask Cranky and today, it provides a good excuse to write more about Boeing’s 737 MAX problems. No small talk needed… let’s get into this.
… Read the postEveryone is bashing Boeing right now, but is there any real difference in the
There have certainly been some dramatic airline spats over the years, but down in Australia and New Zealand, quite the doozy is developing. Here’s a short synopsis for you to consider.
… Read the postV and Q had a falling out years ago, and they don’t get along.
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Qantas flights direct from London to Perth – we reveal the hell of flying non-stop 17 hours from Australia in economy on the UK’s longest route – The Sun
We have a theme this week, and it’s all about really long flights. Forget the stupid click-bait … Read the post
Back in 2015, American and Qantas tried to gain US government approval to expand a joint venture to include anti-trust immunity for flights between the US and Australia/New Zealand. This seemed like a fairly standard request at the time, but the Department of Transportation (DOT) surprisingly shot it down. … Read the post
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New flying out of Paine Field will ease commuting pain for many – Alaska Airlines Blog
Alaska has been trying to replicate its successful Pacific Northwest strategy down in California, but now it’s bringing something it learned in California back north. In California, Alaska has learned … Read the post
Before the Thanksgiving holiday, I wrote about how the Department of Transportation (DOT) had tentatively denied American and Qantas’s joint venture plans. This was a surprise to many, but the story continues to get stranger. I would love to be a fly on the wall at DOT right now … Read the post
With less than two month’s left until a new administration takes over here in the US, it looks like the Department of Transportation (DOT) has decided to get aggressive on its way out the door. As a going-away present, DOT has stomped on Qantas and American’s joint venture plans. This … Read the post
It didn’t make huge news, but last week when Qantas announced it had decided to stop offering internet onboard on its A380 fleet after a trial run, it caught my eye. After all, with airlines racing to install internet across the globe, this seems to fly in the face of … Read the post
There was huge news from down under last week when the rumored link between Qantas and Emirates was officially unveiled. This certainly creates some confusion around Qantas’s role in oneworld as the airline backs away from British Airways but it is without question the right move to make.
