Qantas : QF : QFA

Sevrien a écrit: Qantas et ses financiers internes ont réfléchi aux problèmes ! D'autres compagnies suivront !

Mazuk a écrit:Suppression des sièges first class, alignement sur les A 380 concernant 9 B 747-400 sur 22. Ces 9 derniers resteront jusqu'en 2020.

Voir ce que fait ou va faire UAL avec ses 747 sur des routes proches, par exemple ?

Mazuk a écrit:Quid des 77W de V Australia, aménagements, code sharing,...et résultats d'exploitation opérationnelle ?

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V Australia choisit soigneusement ses partenaires. La compagnie australienne a annoncé le 16 septembre qu’elle avait conclu son premier accord de partage de code avec Emirates. Il entrera en vigueur le 25 octobre.
Dès la mise en place des programmes de vols hiver 2009-2010, V Australia pourra proposer à ses passagers de poursuivre leur voyage vers la Nouvelle-Zélande sur les vols d’Emirates. Le partage de code sera donc effectif sur les liaisons Sydney – Auckland et Sydney – Christchurch.
C’est le deuxième partenaire que la jeune compagnie australienne long-courrier choisit. Elle est en effet en train de mettre en place un joint-venture avec Delta Air Lines sur la région Pacifique Sud.
Parallèlement, V Australia a précisé qu’elle allait lancer trois nouvelles liaisons dans les prochains mois. Si les autorités de régulation donnent leur accord, Brisbane et Melbourne seront reliées à Phuket à partir du mois de novembre, dès que la compagnie aura reçu son quatrième Boeing 777-300ER. Johannesburg devrait par la suite être relié à Melbourne à partir du mois de mars 2010.

Bombardier obtient une commande pour sept Q400

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Le transporteur australien Qantas a conclu une commande ferme pour sept biturbopropulseurs Q400 NextGen de 70 à 80 places pour un montant évalué à 218 millions $ US. Les aéronefs seront opérés par sa filiale QantasLink.

L’entente portera à 21 appareils le nombre de Q400 dans la flotte de la division spécialisée dans le transport régional, ce qui représente un investissement de plus de 600 millions $.

La livraison est prévue pour la seconde moitié de 2011.

Le constructeur d’aéronefs canadien porte à 24 le nombre d’appareils vendus lors du salon de Farnborough, dont la valeur atteint un milliard $ US.

Depuis le début de l’événement, Bombardier n’avait réussi qu’à conclure des commandes fermes pour des jets d’affaires. Au total, 17 appareils évalués à quelque 800 millions $ US avaient trouvé preneur jusqu’à aujourd’hui

QantasLink grounds five Q400s for main-gear checks

Australian flag-carrier Qantas has grounded five [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Q400 turboprops over concerns centred on the type's main landing-gear.
The aircraft are all operated by the airline's regional division, QantasLink, which has 21 of the type. It also ordered another seven last month.
Qantas says it has "temporarily removed" the five aircraft from service after inspecting specific undercarriage components. It has not detailed the nature of the problem.
The decision follows "incidents" experienced by an overseas operator of Q400 aircraft, says the airline, although it has not identified the carrier involved.
"Our approach to this issue, which requires the replacement of a main landing-gear fitting component, is consistent with Qantas' proactive, conservative and safety-first approach to every part of its operations," says chief executive Alan Joyce.
Qantas says it has also held discussions with Bombardier regarding the situation. It is unclear whether broader action, through an airworthiness directive, will be required.
"The issue is not an immediate flight-safety concern but does need to be rectified before each aircraft can return to service," says Joyce, adding that the work will take about a week for each airframe.
Sixteen other Q400 aircraft in the QantasLink fleet are unaffected. But the airline is nevertheless having to drop some of its services between Sydney and Canberra as a result of the withdrawal of regional capacity.
"Everything is being done to minimise any impact on [passengers]," says Joyce.
Bombardier has previously had to deal with concerns over the Q400's main landing-gear, notably following three separate landing accidents involving [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft three years ago - a situation which prompted the carrier to axe its entire Q400 fleet

Walsh says BA still ‘interested’ in Qantas; Joyce shuns merger talk


Two years after merger talks collapsed between Qantas and British Airways, BA CEO Willie Walsh says the company is “still interested in dealing with the Australian airline.” However, QF is turning its back on any merger with BA and will focus on internal growth in Asia, according to CEO Alan Joyce.

Answering media questions at an address to the strategic Lowy Institute in Sydney Tuesday, Joyce said flatly that he had, “been there and done that,” and noted, “We are more focused on the Asian market and organic growth in that region."

Earlier this month, BA CEO Willie Walsh told The Australian that Qantas could be a strong candidate to join International Airlines Group, the holding company being formed to own BA and IB following their merger. Earlier this month, Walsh, who will head IAG, said the group has identified a list of 12 potential airlines with which to merge or to acquire.

In early 2008 Joyce’s predecessor, Geoff Dixon, proposed a merger with BA and those talks, which Joyce inherited later in the year, eventually fizzled. While Joyce is shunning a BA tie-up, he predicts that organic growth will see the group’s LCC subsidiary Jetstar pass Virgin Blue in size within five years. “It is already more profitable” he told the Lowy Institute. “Jetstar has helped the Qantas Group make the transition to a sustainable portfolio business. With Qantas, Qantas Frequent Flyer and Jetstar we now have strong businesses that complement each other, and provide us with Group stability through changing economic times.” Joyce said that Jetstar "was really important to us" during the global finance crisis. Now, in the recovery, Qantas is particularly strong,” he added.

Qantas Airways is in advanced talks to purchase Western Australian charter airline Network Aviation. The estimated $29m deal represents a bid by the airline to take advantage of the state’s current mining boom.

Network Aviation is the third-largest regional airline in Western Australia, and specialises in flying workers to mine sites across the state.

According to sources quoted in The Australian Financial Review, Qantas will use the acquisition to co-ordinate flight schedules for inbound flights to Perth and outbound flights to mining destinations.
The sources said Qantas was in the due diligence stage of the acquisition process, although talks were "well advanced".

Perth-based Network operates a fleet of six EMB-120s and two Fokker 100s.

This move is significant as it is indicative of Qantas’ current growth strategy.

The Australian aviation industry is intensely competitive at the moment, and while mergers and acquisitions are needed to increase market share, large-scale deals can be difficult to pull off because of regulatory constraints.

The mining boom in Western Australia provides a guaranteed market for flights, giving Qantas a relatively simple and affordable boost, as profitability is much greater on mine routes than on regular domestic services.

Demand is also increasing as the Western Australia market opens up, equating to a low-risk acquisition indeed.

Jeannot a écrit:L'avion incriminé est le premier A380 de Qantas (VH-OQA – MSN014) qui venait juste de passer un C-check à Francfort.

Combien de fois n'ai-je pas dit que ce genre d'incident arrivait dans le sillage de divers checks, ou d'entretiens spécifiques !

RR, Lufthansa Technik, les Autorités, Qantas et les autres exploitants vont se pencher sérieusement sur cette affaire ! :|

On n'a pas besoin des dramatisations et autres effets histrioniques de BBF !

A Qantas [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft en-route from Singapore to Sydney made an emergency landing in Singapore after developing an "engine issue" shortly after take off.
The aircraft is on the runway surrounded by emergency vehicles, reports an eyewitness. The entire number two engine cowling is missing, he adds.
"Some media reports suggested the aircraft had crashed," says Qantas. "These reports are incorrect. No Qantas aircraft has crashed."

Les media ! Avec les media et BBF, on est bien affublé ! :lol:

The aircraft’s registration number is VH-OQA. This was the first A380 delivered to Qantas, entering service on 18 September 2008. The aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines.

Video captured immediately after the emergency landing ... Credit: Cory Matthews
Television footage from Indonesia shows aircraft debris in the red and white colours of Qantas. Qantas engine cowlings feature the red and white Qantas livery. Indonesian media reports say an explosion was heard over the island of Batam, and debris was found littered over a field.
The aircraft had 433 passengers and 26 crew on board, says Qantas.
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Singapore Airlines has no plans to ground its Airbus A380 fleet following the forced landing of a Qantas A380 owing to an engine failure.
"There are no plans as of now to ground our A380 aircraft, and operations are continuing as normal," says an SIA spokesman. "It is premature at this point to speculate and we will await advice from the aircraft and engine manufacturers as the investigation progresses.

Shortly after the engine incident Qantas grounded its entire A380 fleet.
According to FlightGlobal's ACAS database, SIA operates 11 A380 aircraft, with eight on order. As with Qantas, SIA's A380s are powered by Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines.
The Qantas A380 involved in the incident, which had the registration number VH-OQA, had just lifted off en-route from Singapore to Sydney when it suffered the engine failure. Passengers report hearing an explosion, and amateur footage from the Indonesian island of Batam, 20 kilometres from Singapore, shows a large aircraft trailing smoke from its left wing.

When the plane was safely on the ground in Singapore, media photographs showed that the cowling for the number two engine was missing. Photographs also show damage to the aircraft's wing above the engine. TV footage from Batam showed residents picking up debris in the red and white colours of Qantas.
The aircraft had 433 passengers and 26 crew on board, all of whom disembarked without injury.
Airbus and Rolls Royce are assisting with investigations.

Airbus and Rolls Royce have begun investigations into the cause of a failure in a Rolls Royce Trent 900 that forced a Qantas Airways A380 to make an emergency landing in Singapore.

The Airbus team will assist the Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore with its investigation, says an Airbus spokesman.

A spokesman for Rolls Royce says the engine maker is also helping with investigations, but declined to comment on possible causes for the engine failure. "Investigations are at a very early stage," he said. "It's important to get the facts first."

The A380 involved in the incident, which had the registration number VH-OQA, had just lifted off en-route from Singapore to Sydney when it suffered the engine failure. Passengers report hearing an explosion, and amateur footage from the Indonesian island of Batam, twenty kilometres from Singapore, shows a large aircraft trailing smoke from its left wing.
When the plane was safely on the ground in Singapore, media photographs showed that the cowling for the number two engine was missing. TV footage from Batam showed residents picking up debris in the red and white colours of Qantas.
Following the incident Qantas suspended all A380 flights.

"Safety is our number one priority," says Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. "We are suspending all A380 flights until we have sufficient information, until we are completely confident that all Qantas safety standards are met."
VH-OQA was the first A380 delivered to Qantas, entering service on 18 September 2008. Qantas has six A380s in active service and another 14 on order. It operates them on its high-yield high-capacity services out of Melbourne and Sydney to London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, and Singapore.

"Investigations are at a very early stage," he said. "It's important to get the facts first."

Les faits d'abord ! Pas les hypothèses des ignares qui se voudraient enquêteurs officiels ! Les allégations, les accusations etc., "sans savoir", non plus ! :roll:

• Même SIA est en train de procéder à des "precautionary checks", dont le point focal serait, effectivement, la nacelle, .... dans sa partie arrière, soit le "cowling" et sa / ses "fixation(s)".
  
  Ils parlent de risques de retards sur les vols d'aujourd'hui.
  
  Certains professionnels "internationaux", et excluant RR, qui n'a fait aucune déclaration publique, au-delà de ce que nous lisons ci-dessus, ....ont dit, en exigeant que leur anonymat soit préservé, que les media n'auraient jamais dû prononcer le terme "engine failure".
  
  Pour eux, il s'agirait d'un "significant incident", et surtout pas d'un "engine failure", malgré le dire d'un "spokesman" de Qantas, qui n'aurait pas dû, paraît-il, employer ce terme.
  

Singapore Airlines is "delaying" all flights scheduled to be operated with its Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered Airbus A380s following an incident earlier today involving a serious engine failure on a Qantas aircraft.

"Our engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and aircraft manufacturer Airbus have advised us to conduct precautionary technical checks on our A380 aircraft, following today's incident involving another operator's A380," says SIA.
"Resulting from this development, Singapore Airlines will be delaying all flights operating our A380 aircraft.
"We will keep affected customers updated and more information will be provided once it is available," adds the statement posted on the airline's website.

The Qantas A380 made an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi Airport earlier today after its number two Trent engine appeared to suffer an uncontained failure, resulting in damage to the adjacent wing structure. The Australian flag-carrier has subsequently grounded its A380 fleet.
Lufthansa is the only other current operator of Trent-powered A380s and says it is continuing operations as normal.

Since Qantas QF32 suffered an engine failure and returned safely to Singapore Changi Airport we have been working closely with our customer and the authorities.

In situations like these Rolls-Royce has well established processes to collect and understand information relating to the event and to determine suitable actions.

As always the safe operation of our products is our number one priority.

The in service fleet of Trent 900 engines is small and relatively new, and the Group feels that it is prudent to recommend that a number of basic precautionary engine checks are performed.

This process is now underway.

We will continue to work closely with our customers as the investigation moves forward. This is at a very early stage and it would be inappropriate to draw any conclusions at this time.

FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) said Thursday it is operating its flights using its A380 superjumbo jets as scheduled Thursday, but awaits further information from Rolls-Royce PLC (RR.LN), the maker of the engine involved in an incident that forced a Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) A380 jet to make an emergency landing.

"We're in contact with the manufacturer and international safety authorities," a Lufthansa spokesman said.

If Rolls-Royce recommends grounding the A380 superjumbo jets, Lufthansa expects to follow that recommendation, he said. The spokesman added that the engines are checked continually.

The Qantas A380 jet had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines failed after takeoff. Qantas has decided to ground its A380s as a precautionary move.

Some A380s are equipped with Trent 900 engines from Rolls-Royce while others use engines made by Engine Alliance, a joint venture between General Electric Co. ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) and United Technologies Corp.'s ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) Pratt & Whitney unit.
The Qantas aircraft in question, and Lufthansa's three A380s, use the Rolls- Royce engines.

"At the moment, we have two A380s in the air," Lufthansa said. Until the airline receives further information, flights will continue to run on schedule.

A380 manufacturer Airbus is offering technical assistance to Singapore authorities. Rolls-Royce, the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau are also offering assistance.
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Qantas A380s To Be Grounded Through November 11th.

Qantas says it does not expect to begin flying its Airbus A380 fleet until at least Nov. 11, although the carrier is confident this will not cause further disruptions for passengers.
The airline has grounded its A380 fleet while inspections continue on their Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. This follows the uncontained failure of an A380 engine on a Qantas flight from Singapore on Nov. 4.
Qantas has put as many of its other aircraft as it can on A380 routes, and has also chartered extra aircraft. A backlog of passengers in Los Angeles was expected to be cleared by the time the last flight on Nov. 8 departs. “Significant disruptions to passengers should cease within the next 24 hours,” the airline says. Qantas has provided accommodation and meals for passengers affected by the A380 groundings.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is changing the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engines on three of its [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft after inspections.


These aircraft are currently in London, Melbourne and Sydney, and will be brought back to Singapore for the engine changes, says an SIA spokesman. He adds that one powerplant on each of the four-engined aircraft needs to be changed. Only three engines need to be changed in total, he says.

This comes after the Star Alliance carrier conducted checks on its A380 powerplants following last week's uncontained engine failure on a Qantas Airways A380 Trent 900 engine, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Singapore. Qantas has changed two Trent 900 engines on its A380s and is continuing with inspections of its remaining Trent 900s.
"Based on further analysis of inspection findings as the investigation into last week's incident involving another operator's [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A380 is progressing, Singapore Airlines will be carrying out precautionary engine changes on three A380s," says the spokesman.

The spokesman did not specify the reason for the engine changes. However, sources say that SIA has been checking for oil leakage in IP/HP turbine areas and IP/HP blades, for damage and oil leakage on air transfer tubes and cavities, and has been checking the bearing chamber for oil.

He was unable to say how long the aircraft will be grounded as a result of the engine changes. However, the airline says that there may be some flight disruptions as a result of this move.
The spokesman adds that the engine changes do not affect the other eight Trent 900-powered A380s in the carrier's fleet. "Any further checks that may be recommended by the manufacturers will of course be done, and in the meantime we continue with our regular routine checks," he says.

Qantas: le dernier problème de réacteur sur un Boeing était "mineur"

SYDNEY, 13 nov 2010 (AFP)Un problème de réacteur sur un Boeing de Qantas, obligeant l'avion à atterrir vendredi peu après son décollage à Perth, était un incident "mineur", a déclaré samedi le directeur général de la compagnie aérienne australienne, Alan Joyce.

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Rolls-Royce has advised airlines that up to 34 Trent 900 engines may have to be replaced, according to airline sources in Sydney, who noted that Singapore Airlines may have to replace up to 20 engines in its fleet of 11 Airbus A380s, and Qantas may have to replace 14 engines.

........Qantas told ATW it is still working through the issue with Rolls-Royce, while a Singapore Airlines spokesman said the airline is “working with Rolls-Royce on an agreed program, which will cover the replacement of a module in our A380 engines.”

Airbus COO-Customers John Leahy on Friday told Australian media and ATW in Sydney that new-build Rolls-Royce engines had the required modification, understood to be a bearing box, but older engines did not. As of press time, the engine maker had not officially advised its airline customers of the upgrade or a fix for older engines. Rolls has not responded to ATW requests for comment or clarification.

Normal ! Pas surprenant, quand on voit qu'un module devient un moteur tout entier, entre les mains de Geoff THOMAS !

At the briefing, Leahy said that Rolls is “constantly upgrading its engines” and that the new engines had a modification relating to the oil leak problem. “The engines on the production line are to a new-build standard and do not have the [oil] problem,” Leahy said.

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