The rapid altitude change in October of an Airbus A330-300 cruising at 37,000 feet with 303 passengers aboard resulted in injuries to at least 74 people, a potential compensation bill for the airline (Qantas) and new concerns about potential conflicts between laptop computers and commercial aircraft systems. In July, manipulation of a wireless mouse was blamed for the course deviation of a Qantas jet, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). This more recent deviation (from … [Read more...] about Australia : Wireless mouse could be behind Qantas turbulence
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Australia's air cargo gateway nears capacity
Sydney Airport (also known as Kingsford Smith International Airport) is both the major passenger airport serving Sydney, the main hub for Qantas and Australia’s keycargo gateway. The airport – managed by Sydney Airport Corporation Limited (SACL) – also has the honour of being one of the oldest continually operated airports in the world and the busiest airport in Australia, handling 31.9 million passengers and 290,346 aircraft movements in 2007. It was the 28th busiest … [Read more...] about Australia's air cargo gateway nears capacity
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Qantas has admitted its guilt to illegally fixing air cargo freight surcharges to the Australian competition regulator. The airline agreed to pay a A$20 million fine and apologised “unreservedly” for illegally ramping up its freight charges in concert with other international airlines between 2001 and 2006. The airline previously admitted its guilt to the US Department of Justice and paid a US$61 million criminalfine last November. … [Read more...] about Qantas
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Qantas used the handover ceremony of its first A380 in Toulouse recently to announce that it is likely to add to the 20 of the type it already has on order. CEO Geoff Dixon and his successor, Alan Joyce, made clear that a new order is a virtual certainty, though Dixon qualified that any order would have to be within QF’s current A$35 billion ($27.9 billion) budget for capital spending on aircraft. Its first commercial A380 flight will be from Melbourne to Los Angeles on 20October. … [Read more...] about Qantas
