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AvTalk Episode 384: And we’re back

After a week away, there’s much to discuss on this week’s episode of AvTalk. We start in Munich, where the Runway 26L took a great deal of abuse. We discuss the Vietnam Airlines 787 runway overrun and tail strike , followed two days later by a Lufthansa A380 touching down before the threshold on the same runway. We also examine what happened aboard Air India A320neo VT-EXO, which briefly lost pressure across all three hydraulic systems, causing an upset that injured nearly two dozen people. Plus, American puts two aircraft with the same call sign on the same frequency—again—and investigators say an unqualified passenger may have been flying a Phenom 100 that overran a wet runway. Elsewhere, a ramp worker is killed during the pushback of a French bee A350 in Montreal, a Frankfurt Airport employee dies from a rare case of malaria, and a Qantas A380 flies to Dallas and back with a maintenance light left inside its wing. We also discuss rising runway incursions in Australia, the return of the Delta–Aeromexico joint venture, Eurowings’ new Premium BIZ seats, the FAA’s war on plastic cups, United’s orphaned 737 MAX 10 seats, and American’s plan to bring seatback screens back—eventually. Please check back soon for a transcript of this week’s episode.

Flightradar24 BlogFlightradar24 Blog•Flightradar2428 Aug
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Qantas retirement plan marks another step in Airbus A380’s decline

Qantas will begin retiring its ten Airbus A380s from mid-2028, four years earlier than previously planned, as rising maintenance costs and parts shortages increasingly undermine the economics of the world’s largest passenger aircraft. The Australian airline said the accelerated withdrawal should generate approximately A$300 million (€184 million) in net cash-flow benefits between its 2028 and […]

Aviation24.beAviation24.be•André Orban28 Aug