The 8-Hour 'Sleep Threshold' Qantas & Air France Use To Decide When Premium Economy Beats Business
How can you tell when business class is the right choice or whether booking premium economy is enough? These airlines have the exact threshold.
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Qantas Accelerates Airbus A380 Retirement to 2028 and Eyes Further Widebody Expansion
Aviation News – Australia’s flag carrier Qantas has confirmed plans for a major Qantas Airbus A380 retirement 2028 schedule, phasing out its superjumbo fleet four...
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Why Qantas Is Quietly Building Its Newest Pacific Hub In Auckland, Not Sydney
The circumstances that are favoring a larger operation in Auckland.
SWAP UK WINTER FOR AUSSIE SUMMER: QANTAS LAUNCHES AIRFARE SALE
Qantas has today launched a two-week sale for UK customers, with return Economy fares from London to Australia starting from £939 and fares to Singapore from £629.
Qantas begins replacing Fokker 100s with its own E190 fleet
First of up to 14 Embraer jets has arrived in Perth for Network Aviation, separate from E190s already operated for QantasLink by Alliance
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier7 SeptTR
Engine Flames Force Sydney-bound Qantas Flight to Divert to Christchurch
Qantas flight QF122 was flying from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD), after flames were seen coming from its left engine. The aircraft diverted to Christchurch Airport (CHC) on Saturday afternoon. Flames Seen From Left Engine According to AirNav Radar, the plane departed from Queenstown about 4:05 p.m., after being delayed for […]
Travel Radar•Amelia Angelica7 Sept
Qantas Moves Up Airbus A380 Retirement By 4 Years, First Superjumbo To Exit In 2028
As the toll of United States’ Operation Epic Fury continues to exact a high price on the global aviation industry, the latest casualty is the Airbus A380 fleet of Australian carrier Qantas. Qantas originally planned to begin phasing out its ten A380s in 2032. That has been rescheduled for 2028, which follows on the arrival of the first A350-1000s next year.
"Sounded Like Gunshots": Qantas Boeing 737 Diverts After Engine Flames Over Queenstown
The Boeing 737 circled toward Christchurch after a suspected bird strike set an engine alight shortly after takeoff.
Qantas’ A380s set for an early retirement — again
While presenting its financial results for August 2026, Qantas announced plans to accelerate the retirement of its iconic Airbus A380-800s, part of its fleet since September 2008. The original withdrawal plan for the A380s was set to be completed in 2032, but it will be brought forward by four years. The main factors behind this […]
Flightradar24 Blog•Sebastián Polito4 Sept
Why Qantas Is Moving 13 Of Its Airbus A380s Off Los Angeles & Onto A Much Shorter 5-Hour Hop
Qantas is repositioning its largest aircraft onto routes to Singapore, rather than the iconic route to Los Angeles. Why exactly is this happening?
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Condor and Qantas launch interline and frequent-flyer partnership
Condor and Qantas have launched a partnership offering new connecting journeys between Australia, New Zealand and Europe. The cooperation includes an interline agreement allowing passengers to combine flights operated by both airlines on a single ticket, with baggage checked through to the final destination. Their networks connect at Bangkok, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban1 Sept
Airbus to add first A220 simulator in Asia-Pacific as regional fleet expands
Singapore training center should support A220 operators including Qantas, Korean Air and Air Niugini, while AirAsia will begin receiving 150 aircraft from 2028
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier1 SeptAN
Qantas Advances Airbus A380 Retirement Plans as Global Superjumbo Operators Phase Out Double-Deckers (Photo Report)
Aviation News – Qantas has confirmed updated Airbus A380 retirement plans, beginning the phase-out of its 10 superjumbo aircraft from mid-2028 to reduce rising operational...
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Qantas Unveils New ‘Business Suites’ for A321XLR, 787
The airline is adding lie-flat seats to a narrowbody jet for the first time.
AirlineGeeks•Zach Vasile28 AugTR
Qantas to Retire A380 Fleet in 2028
Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways has announced that it will retire its fleet of 10 Airbus A380s in 2028, four years earlier than had previously been announced. The retirement has been moved forward due to the A380s rising fuel and maintenance costs. Qantas reportedly plans to replace the A380 with new orders of Airbus A350 […]
Travel Radar•Billy Stack28 AugFB
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 Blog•Flightradar2428 AugA
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.be•André Orban28 Aug
Qantas unveils next evolution of Business Class seats for A321XLR and 787 Dreamliner
Demand for flights to Europe surged as travellers avoided the Middle East, and Qantas added nearly 16,000 seats to and from Europe in the 4th quarter. Combined seat factor on...
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Qantas Moves Up Retirement of A380
The carrier originally planned to phase out the superjumbo starting in 2032.
AirlineGeeks•Zach Vasile27 Aug
Qantas reveals lie-flat Business suites for long-range A321XLR fleet
Sixteen aircraft arriving from 2028 will introduce a premium cabin designed for longer domestic and international routes
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier27 Aug
Qantas Plans Airbus A321XLR Business Class Suites… Eventually
Qantas has just made a few passenger experience announcements. I’ve already covered how the airline will introduce new business class suites on upcoming Boeing 787 deliveries, and how the airline will retire Airbus A380s earlier than planned. On top of that, the airline has also unveiled the business class suites it will offer on some upcoming Airbus A321XLR deliveries, a massive improvement over the carrier’s current A321XLR product.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig27 Aug