Transport Workers’ Union Announces Strike
Submitted by Kunal Garg on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 11:46
Sources have reported that members of the Transport Workers Union that credits to represent customs officers, engineers, baggage handlers ground staff as well as caterers have outlined policies to observe a two day strike on Thursday as well as on Friday.
Qantas moving forward after November failure
Submitted by Ajay Saxena on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 10:57
According to Chief Executive Alan Joyce, Qantas is checking social-networking after incorrect reports came in following an engine failure in November.
Qantas plane strike by birds
Submitted by Manish Verma on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 07:28
There was an emergency return of a Qantas international. It was forced to do so because in one of the engine of it birds flew.
It was said by a Qantas spokesman that flight QF64 from Johannesburg to Sydney suffered from a problem, a bird hit on one of the four engines of the Boeing 747.
One more Boeing grounded due to engine failure
Submitted by Manish Verma on Tue, 11/16/2010 - 04:36
On Monday, a Qantas flight which was bound for Buenos Aires came back to Sydney due to some technical problems. After its Airbus A390 superjumbos landed due to an engine failure, for the Qantas Airlines, this is second such safety failure incident.
As the investigation is still on about the partial disintegration of a Rolls-Royce engine on November 4, the Qantas had grounded the fleet of six Airbus A380s. P
Rolls Royce’s Shares Recover as Engine Fault Identified
Submitted by Amandeep Menon on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 16:18
After the Company discovered the flaw in the part of the engine of Airbus A380 that led to plane’s crash last week, the shares of Rolls-Royce got revitalized.
No information has been provided by the Company as what part of the engine got damaged in the Qantas flight to Sydney.
Qantas A380s again surrounded by its timing to return
Submitted by Manish Verma on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 06:24
Once again Qantas is ready to initiate its A380s in to the service. It is expected that in coming weeks it would be started; however this time it seems that they would start it on a plane-by-plane basis.
Due to the last week’s explosion the shipper’s six super jumbos have been stranded. The outburst was caused in a Rolls-Royce engine on a Singapore to Sydney flight. And at present Singapore Airlines is also substituting engines on three of its A380s.
