Boeing 787 Dreamliner


QF hedges its bets

Qantas screwed down its profit forecast and flying activity to new lows this morning, but it is still the sort of bad news most other global airlines would die for, writes Ben Sandilands.

Dreamliner screws Qantas

Some very bad news about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner project has been let slip under the radar of the US election day, writes Ben Sandilands.

Qantas wakes up from a bad Dreamliner

Boeing’s plastic fantastic 787 Dreamliner and its biggest customer Qantas will get another wake up call later today when even further problems in its testing and production schedules are confirmed, writes Ben Sandilands.

Boeing delays a boon for Qantas

Qantas has a lot riding on the overnight announcement of a six months delay in deliveries of the “plastic fantastic” Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It is the biggest customer for the jet, with 65 on order and another 50 optioned or available under purchase agreements., writes Ben Sandilands.

Separating fact from fiction in the Dreamliner debate

How unsafe can a Dreamliner, the “plastic-fantastic” Boeing 787, really become?

Qantas’ Boeing dreams set for reality check

Early tomorrow morning, airlines that have bought the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, lead by Qantas, will find out just how late the production of the new jet is running. Ben Sandilands reports.

Putting the economy into aviation fuel economy

Jet flight is getting greener, but what the airlines don’t want to talk about is that you will pay for it with your kneecaps.