Qantas' historic "kangaroo route" is a prime example of aviation innovation over the past century. It dates back to 1934 when tiny biplanes began hopping 12 days between Australia and the UK. Project ...
In route news, Alaska Airlines plans more California service, including some from the Bay Area; Qantas brings an end to its 747 era; some U.S.-India service resumes; China Airlines goes through an ...
Qantas plans to dramatically increase the number of widebody aircraft flying Australian transcontinental routes to Perth and reintroduce Boeing 747-400s on some of these long-haul domestic flights. By ...
The Australian Queen of the Skies has been dethroned. Qantas's final Boeing 747 departed from Australia for the last time on Wednesday en route to retirement, marking the end of a nearly 50-year ...
Australia's Qantas Airways has retired its last Boeing 747 with a flourish. With six pilots and no passengers aboard for the final flight from Sydney, QF7474's flight path sketched out a giant Qantas ...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Qantas is putting the world’s biggest passenger plane on the world’s longest airline route. A Qantas Airbus A380 touched down Monday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport ...
Extensive refurbishment work has begun on a $250 million project to overhaul the interiors of nine Qantas Boeing 747-400 aircraft with the installation of state- of-the-art Airbus A380 style seats and ...