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Analysis: The Aircraft Types Used On Qantas' Flights From Melbourne To Sydney
For these regional flights in Australia, Qantas Link uses the smallest Boeing aircraft in the family, the 717-200. The model is scheduled to fly 76 times in 2024, which adds 8,360 seats and ...
The Australian Financial Review28d
Are you flying on a 22-year-old Qantas plane?
The new planes allowed it to retire the last of its Boeing 717 planes after 24 years of service. Qantas is not the only airline to face delayed aircraft deliveries. Industrial action and a ...
Business Insider India7y
This airline CEO is challenging Airbus and Boeing to step up their game
Qantas is one of the few operators of the of the 717-200, the last 100-seat jet produced by Boeing. However, that plane went out of production more than a decade ago. So with Airbus' equity ...
The Australian Financial Review20d
Qantas pips Virgin on on-time flights in otherwise lacklustre year
Qantas retired its fleet of 17 ageing Boeing 717 aircraft but has only received five of the 29 new Airbus A220 meant to replace them. The airline is also hoping to replace its older Boeing 737 ...
The Australian23d
Qantas opens doors to first engineering academy to help meet demand for aircraft maintenance
Qantas is expected to hire 200 new engineers a year ... aided by the donation of QantasLink’s last Boeing 717 to help apprentices hone their skills on jet aircraft. It comes amid warnings ...
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QantasLink pilots flying Sydney to Hobart suffered dizziness, vision problems but didn't use oxygen masks, safety report says
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has detailed the events on board a Boeing 717-200 travelling from Sydney ... know when to use oxygen masks. Qantas Group chief medical officer Dr ...