QantasLink Archives - SamChui.com Sam Chui Aviation & Travel Sun, 17 Dec 2023 05:44:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1con2-100x100.png QantasLink Archives - SamChui.com 32 32 108386868 Qantas Takes Delivery of First A220 with Four Stops Enroute https://samchui.com/2023/12/17/qantas-takes-delivery-of-first-a220-with-four-stops-enroute/ https://samchui.com/2023/12/17/qantas-takes-delivery-of-first-a220-with-four-stops-enroute/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2023 05:44:47 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=50231 Qantas has taken delivery of its first Airbus A220, becoming the 20th operator of the type. The first A220 is currently en route to its new home operating a four-leg ferry flight from Montreal Mirabel to Sydney, with stops in Vancouver, Honolulu and Nadi. The A220-300 with registration VH-X4A is the first of 29 A220s […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/12/17/qantas-takes-delivery-of-first-a220-with-four-stops-enroute/feed/ 2 50231 Qantas Confirms A350 Ultra-Long Haul Flights, Announces Major Aircraft Order https://samchui.com/2022/05/02/qantas-confirms-ultra-long-haul-flights-announces-major-aircraft-order/ https://samchui.com/2022/05/02/qantas-confirms-ultra-long-haul-flights-announces-major-aircraft-order/#comments Mon, 02 May 2022 03:24:34 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=44270 Qantas has today announced a major aircraft order, while confirming the much-anticipated Project Sunrise. A firm 52 Airbus orders, with an additional 94 purchase rights, is among the largest in the Australian national carrier’s history. Project Sunrise confirmed – with a special addition There was already extensive speculation over an imminent announcement after the Qantas […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/05/02/qantas-confirms-ultra-long-haul-flights-announces-major-aircraft-order/feed/ 3 44270 Qantas Sets Out Complex Recovery Plan https://samchui.com/2020/08/23/qantas-sets-out-complex-recovery-plan/ https://samchui.com/2020/08/23/qantas-sets-out-complex-recovery-plan/#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2020 05:53:55 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=36888 Qantas has posted an AU$2.7 billion ($1.93 billion) loss in the 2020 financial year, as the airline grapples with the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19. CEO Alan Joyce says the events have shaped up to create “the worst trading conditions” in Qantas’ 100-year history. Update The CEO of Qantas International, Tino La Spina, will exit amidst […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2020/08/23/qantas-sets-out-complex-recovery-plan/feed/ 0 36888 Flying in Australia During Coronavirus Lockdown https://samchui.com/2020/06/23/flying-in-australia-during-coronavirus-lockdown/ https://samchui.com/2020/06/23/flying-in-australia-during-coronavirus-lockdown/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2020 04:35:20 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=36032 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit Australia’s airlines hard, domestic flights have been few and far between. Flying on a regional service was eerie, with only seven other domestic flights leaving Melbourne airport on the 23rd June. I needed to urgently get to Mildura; a country town of 30,000 that lies on the border […]

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