For airplanes sitting in California’s Mojave Desert, there is an additional concern this time of year: rattlesnakes. Snakes On A Plane (Scorpions Too) I’m not talking about a box office movie involving Pacific Air Flight 121 and Samuel L...
Qantas CEO Optimistic Over Project Sunrise
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce believes the pandemic will ultimately increase demand for point-to-point travel. That’s especially important if Qantas moves ahead with its “Project Sunrise” ultra-longhaul flight program. Qantas Affirms Project Sunrise 2024 Target Speaking Eurocontrol’s Aviation StraightTalk Live,...
Qantas Smartly Pushes Australia On International Travel
Qantas has resumed selling international tickets for flights on or after July 1, 2021 and also altered flight crews that re-training will be begin soon. The move may be premature, but also marks a strategic chess move in the...
Qantas Signs Own Death Warrant With COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Qantas, the Australian flag carrier, announced this week that they would require all travelers on its flights to have a COVID-19 vaccine. A move that would surely be Qantas’ undoing. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a...
Qantas Flight To Nowhere Sells Out In 10 Minutes
Here’s an indication of just how pent up travel demand is: a Qantas flight to nowhere just set a record as the fastest selling Qantas flight in history. Qantas Flight To Nowhere Sells Out In 10 Minutes Flat… Dubbed...
Qantas Will Resume 12-Hour Flights To Nowhere (Antarctica Scenic Flights)
Australians may not be able to travel far internationally, but they’ll soon be able to take a 12-hour Qantas flight and end up right where they started. Yes, Qantas is resuming its storied scenic flights to Antarctica. Qantas Resumes...
Qantas Will Mothball 787s In California
Qantas does not see longhaul international flights resuming until September 2021. In response, it plans to mothball its fleet of Boeing 787s in California. Qantas Will Store Boeing 787s In California Desert Qantas planned to begin nonstop service between...
Qantas Employee Fired For “Accidentally” Watching X-Rated Content On Job…Five Times
If it wasn’t already obvious, don’t ever access questionable websites while on the job. A Qantas employee has been fired for repeatedly watching x-rated content. He claimed he accessed the content accidentally… Qantas Employee Fired For Repeatedly Watching X-Rated...
Qantas Flight Attendants Will Serve As Hotel Quarantine Wardens After Security Guard Trysts
What happens when security guards engage in congress with the people they are supposed to ensure are lawfully quarantining? Answer: a wave of COVID-19. But now Qantas flight attendants have been summoned to the rescue in a new role...
Fake Flights Are Taking Off
Would you spend an afternoon checking in for a flight, going through security screening and passport control, boarding an A330, enjoying food and beverage onboard, but never actually leaving? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, China Airlines and...
Cool: Nonstop A380 Flight From Australia To London On Qantas
With Singapore blocked off, Qantas is getting creative with its London service, bypassing other countries all together in favor of a technical stop at a historic Australian airport. Nonstop Service…From Darwin To London Heathrow Qantas 1/2, its flagship nonstop...
Qantas Wants To Crush Virgin Australia Once And For All
Troubled Virgin Australia has asked the Australian government for a financial lifeline. Qantas has aggressively responded, denouncing a government bailout for a “badly managed” company and arguing for a “survival of the fittest” model as the economy enters recession....
Should This Model Have Been Denied Access To Qantas Lounge?
First it was ugg boots, now it is fitness attire. Qantas is in the news again over its comparatively strict lounge dress code. Does this dress code discriminate on the basis of sex? Should an American fitness model have...
Another Cautionary Tale On Entrusting Your Pet To An Airline
A dog owner is grieving in Australia after her dog died on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Brisbane. But why was a high-risk dog entrusted to Qantas in the first place? I’m not here to blame the passenger...
Mrs. Christmas Works For Qantas
It’s the most pun-derful time of the year for one Qantas employee in Sydney. Meet Janna Christmas. She was born on December 25th and works for Qantas a customer service agent. “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”...
A Simple Snack On Qantas
Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago. A simple...
Qantas Rejects “Project Sunrise” Bids From Both Airbus And Boeing
Nice try, but back to the drawing board…So says Qantas, after rejecting initial bids from both Airbus and Boeing to service its new ultra-longhaul destinations. Back in August, both Airbus and Boeing submitted their “best and final” offers to...
Qantas Will Bankroll Defamation Lawsuit After American Rapper Accuses Flight Attendant of Racism
Qantas is standing firmly behind its flight attendant against a charge of racism by American rapper William Adams, popularly known as will.i.am. Adams, of the Black Eyed Peas group, was on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney and alleges...
The Melodramatic “Guinea Pigs” On 19.5-Hour Qantas Flight…
A small cadre of travel journalists and bloggers was invited to take part on the 19.5-hour nonstop from New York to Sydney on Friday. I’m chuckling at how seriously some of them took it. Angus Whitley of Forbes flew...
Qantas Will Operate New York To Sydney Nonstop On Friday
Qantas will attempt to fly nonstop from New York to Sydney on Friday, a flight of nearly 20 hours. As Qantas continues to consider nonstop service from Sydney to London and New York, it still has many kinks to...
