David Eyre
6 January 2021 © David Eyre Delayed delivery of Boeing 787s and A321neos; Airbus A380 fleet stored for three years In May 2020, Qantas announced it would delay delivery...
Qantas
25 July 2020 © David Eyre After almost 50 years of reliable Boeing 747 services, Qantas has retired their final ‘Queen of the Skies’, Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ ‘Wunala’. Qantas...
3 February 2020 David Eyre Qantas Boeing 747-438ER, VH-OEE, today operated a repatriation flight to evacuate Australian citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the Coronavirus (later named...
16 June 2019 © David Eyre Perth Airport and Qantas are locked in a bitter legal dispute over airport charges, and Qantas claims the dispute is delaying its proposed...
24 March 2019 © David Eyre Qantas today celebrated the first anniversary since the commencement of direct Perth – London Heathrow services and CEO Alan Joyce says the service...
1 February 2019 © David Eyre Qantas announced today that it had acquired a 19.9% stake in Allicance Airlines for $60 million and it hopes to acquire a majority...
30 July 2018 © David Eyre The Aviation Association of Western Australia Inc (AAWA) and Perth Airport arranged an airside visit for nearly 30 AAWA members (less than half...
30 July 2018 © David Eyre Perth Airport witnessed the return of Qantas’ iconic Boeing 747 today, with the arrival of Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEF ‘Sydney’. Qantas is using Boeing...
Richard Kreider was aboard the historic first direct Perth to London QF9 service by Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner VH-ZND on 24-25 March 2018. SEE RICHARD’S ARTICLE AND PHOTOS
14 March 2018 (UPDATED 21 March 2018 to include info about Air Mauritius upgrade and Etihad downgrade) © David Eyre There have been a number of recent media articles...
29 January 2018 © David Eyre Qantas’ third Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, VH-ZNC, named ‘Quokka’, made its first visit to Perth today. The aircraft is named after the small marsupial...
15 December 2017 © David Eyre Qantas will double its Perth – Singapore services, by adding a second daily Boeing 737-800 service from 8 April 2018. The revised schedule...
2 November 2017 copyright © David Eyre Perth was the destination of the first revenue passenger service by Qantas’ new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, with the visit of VH-ZNA...
27 April 2017 © David Eyre Qantas has confirmed a 24 March 2018 start date for its new Perth-London nonstop flights with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, with tickets on sale...
11 December 2016 © David Eyre Qantas will commence the first regular passenger service to directly link Australia with Europe, with the announcement today of direct Perth-London services from...
