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Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker Photo: Andreas Spaeth. The Group’s EBITDA margin of 26.9% for the first six months of the fiscal year 2023/2024 improved compared to the same period last year 2022/2023 by 4.9 percentage points at QAR 10.779 billion (US$ 2.960 billion). EBITDA was higher than in the same period last year 2022/2023 …
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Boeing has posted some unique footage of its Boeing 737 MAX and a NASA DC-8 flying in formation testing the atmospheric impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The tests have been conducted over the past 10 days from Seattle. Can’t say I had ‘DC-8 and 737 MAX flying together’ on my 2023 bingo card. But, here …
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The post Etihad Airways operated the first commercial flight from Abu Dhabi International’s highly-anticipated new Terminal A yesterday. Etihad flight EY224, from Abu Dhabi to New Delhi, departed Terminal A yesterday at 21.35. The flight used one of the airline’s Airbus A350-1000, with 359 guests onboard. To commemorate the occasion, all passengers, including those in …
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The post Halloween was launched mid-air on the maiden Virgin Australia Halloween Night Flight (VA570 from Perth to Sydney) with Mars Wrigley offering an Australian-first trick-or-treating experience at 40,000 feet. The departure gate at Perth Airport was transformed into a haunted hall where passengers received their own Halloween makeover before boarding the first flight of …
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Suggested Read: Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of Boeing’s 1000th 787 Dreamliner, a 787-10. Singapore Airlines was the first customer to fly the 787-10 and this week’s possession of registration 9V-SCP took its total to 20. Beyond the registration code, planespotters and passengers will be able to easily recognize this specific aircraft as it sports …
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Korean Air has ordered 20 additional Airbus A321neo aircraft as part of the airline’s fleet modernization plans. The airline’s A321neo is a single-aisle aircraft configured in a two-class layout of 182 seats – eight in Prestige Class and 174 in economy. Prestige-class passengers enjoy fully lie-flat seats, and the fleet features an Airbus Airspace cabin …
As of today, Canadian ultra low cost carrier SWOOP is no more. The brand has been taken over by parent company WestJet following a deal made with pilots over pay and benefits. John Gradek, a lecturer at McGill University who studies the airline industry states, “[This] has implications in terms of the choices that Canadians …
Qantas has claimed that Australia’s Consumer and Competition Commission has ignored the realities of the aviation landscape post-COVID as airlines battled a host of issues in restarting the industry. Qantas has been accused by the ACCC of selling tickets on flights that didn’t exist in a two-month period in 2022. We reproduce Qantas’s release in …
Qantas has announced Perth to Paris flights in time for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and European summer. The services follow the airline’s daily nonstop to London and seasonal Rome nonstop. The new year-round route will see Qantas operate to the French capital for the first time in nearly two decades, cutting around three …