AirAsia X has Airbus A350-900s on order; Jetstar is supposed to get the first of Qantas’ Boeing 787-8s. So two fuel-slashing “plastic fantastic” aircraft will compete in one market. Interesting.
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The five traits of good companies
What Crocs, Boeing and Apple have in common.
40 years ago today: remembering the Airbus’s modest debut
When the Airbus A300 debuted in 1969, 40 years ago today, people were more interested in flying to the moon. Ben Sandilands was there when it first took flight in 1973.
Wedgetail plucked: defence planning project fail?
A crucial two week war games trial of one of the troubled Wedgetail airborne early warning and command aircraft in the Northern Territory has been “inconclusive”.
Boeing drops hints of a new super green 737
Boeing may be close to launching a major upgrade to its 737 single aisle jet family.
Wedgetails: six years late and still not working
Australia needs these Wedgetail EWACs to work as promised, and when promised, which was for 2006, writes Ben Sandilands.
The jet engine ice age cometh
There are hints that a jet ice age is about to be confirmed by aircraft engine makers, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tips and rumours
Boeing strike: will all 700 workers lose their jobs? According to one of the many striking workers unhappy with the unions actions at the Boeing site in Port Melbourne, American contractors were told to pack their bags yesterday and head for the US - the suspicion is that Boeing is planning to close down their […]
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.
Tips and rumours
Why has nobody commented on the controversial purchase of the Government VIP aircraft from Boeing when all advisers recommended Airbus? What role did Mr Peacock (former Minister, US ambassador then local Boeing chief) play in the final selection? Sources in the US Navy say that a number of their Super Hornet aircraft were “shot down” […]
