ch-aviation
• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
Qantas plans to start retiring its Airbus A380 fleet from mid-2028, marking the beginning of the superjumbo’s phaseout from the Australian carrier. The move will reshape Qantas’ long-haul fleet strategy as the airline transitions away from the A380 over the following years.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: Philippine Airlines will increase its Manila-Melbourne service to daily flights starting November 19, 2026, ahead of the year-end travel season.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Thermal plugs melted after changing winds forced jet to line up on three Denver runways. US investigators have attributed the failure of a departing Boeing 737 Max 8’s main-gear tyres and wheels to the melting of thermal relief plugs.
Inflight Online
• Keith Mwanalushi
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Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Brazilian carrier will manage relationships with travel agencies and commercial partners, while Avianca already performs a similar role for GOL in Linhas Aéreas has taken over Avianca's commercial representation in Brazil , expanding cooperation between the two airlines within Abra Group .
ch-aviation
• Vanja Popovic
By ch-aviation: Discover more news on airBaltic at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: The Qantas Group has opened a new Emergency Procedures Training Center in Sydney, part of a US$65 million investment in pilot and cabin crew training facilities.
Reuters
• Julie Zhu, Sameer Manekar
By Reuters: Australia's Qantas Airways gave an upbeat revenue outlook on Thursday and said it would begin retiring its Airbus A380 superjumbos in 2028 after posting a 14% fall in annual underlying profit as fuel prices spiked.
Australian Aviation
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