October 20, 2008

Qantas Inaugurates Los Angeles A380 Service

By Ian Goold

Australia’s Qantas Airways today kicked off scheduled service with its new Airbus A380 between Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. The first Qantas flight from Melbourne to the U.S. on the jumboliner landed on Runway 25L at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at about 7:30 a.m. Qantas will fly one daily roundtrip between the city pair in an operation that it estimates will generate $62 more

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NTSB Recommends Urgent PW2037 Inspections

By Ian Goold

Operators of Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engines will have to increase inspection of second-stage high-pressure turbine (HPT) hubs if the FAA accepts two NTSB recommendations made Thursday. The safety calls follow an uncontained failure suffered by a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 nearly three months ago. Accident investigators issued an urgen more

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