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Qantas announces seasonal flights to Osaka as Japan travel booms
Read moreQantas will launch new direct seasonal flights between Sydney and Osaka’s Kansai International Airport in response to the boom in travel between Australia and Japan. From 14 December 2017 until 24 March 2018, Qantas will operate three flights per week using its upgraded two-class Airbus A330 aircraft.* The route – which will be the only […]
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Big hair don’t care – Qantas cabin crew 80s style
Read moreWe were going through our archives lately and stumbled upon the Qantas Cabin Crew Style Guide. From 1986. Things were different, then. Qantas only flew internationally (a merger with TAA, which would create the national carrier as we know it today, didn’t happen until 1993). We had one type of aircraft, an earlier version of […]
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How do we paint a plane?
Read moreThe old saying goes there is nothing more boring than watching paint dry. Maybe that’s the case if you’re staring at a wall but what about a 63-metre-long, 16-metre-high Airbus A330-300? We’ve just started to repaint more than 200 aircraft in our new livery in time for our 100th birthday in 2020. The update is […]
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(De) Ice Ice Baby
Read moreAs the national carrier for a sunburnt country, we don’t have to deal with icy conditions very often. But in the depths of winter, some of our aircraft can get a bit frosty sitting on the ground overnight in places like Canberra, Hobart and even Melbourne. Having ice on the wings can be an issue […]
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This is your Wi-Fi speaking – update on Qantas inflight connectivity
Read moreSince April, our first internet-enabled aircraft has let passengers stay connected as it flies up and down the east coast of Australia.
