Operations

Qantas Project Sunrise Is Delayed Again – And The Aircraft Is Still The Whole Story

Qantas’ long-awaited Project Sunrise program has slipped again, pushing the airline’s first specially configured Airbus A350-1000ULR delivery into 2027 and...

May 25, 2026 John Cushma 597

Incidents

Drunk Passenger Forces Qantas 787 Diversion To Tahiti After Allegedly Biting Crew Member

A Qantas long-haul flight from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) was forced to divert to Faa’a...

May 18, 2026 John Cushma 234

Air Routes

Qantas Recasts Its Europe Network as Perth-Paris Goes Indirect

Qantas is temporarily removing its nonstop Perth Airport (PER) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) service as part of...

March 28, 2026 John Cushma 388

Airlines

Qantas Is Reworking Its Europe Network – And The Middle East Crisis Is Accelerating The Shift

Qantas is increasing flights to Europe for the northern summer, but the more important story is not simply added capacity....

March 28, 2026 John Cushma 282

Airlines

Qantas Sends the A321XLR Overseas: Brisbane-Manila Goes Daily From October 2026

Qantas is officially taking its newest narrowbody beyond Australia’s borders. From 25 October 2026, the airline will deploy the Airbus...

February 28, 2026 John Cushma 339

Air Routes

Qantas Rolls the Dice on a World-First: Nonstop Sydney-Las Vegas Flights Arrive This Summer Season

Qantas (QF) is adding a new long-haul headline to its network map: the airline will launch the first-ever nonstop scheduled...

February 26, 2026 John Cushma 635

Airlines

Solomon Airlines Pushes Back on Qantas’ Plan for a Fifth Weekly Brisbane-Honiara Flight

Solomon Airlines (IE) is formally opposing Qantas’ (QF) bid to add more capacity between Brisbane (BNE) and Honiara (HIR), arguing...

February 12, 2026 John Cushma 397

Airlines

Qantas A330 Cabin-Pressure Alert Diverts Singapore-Melbourne Flight to Adelaide

Qantas’ overnight run from Singapore Changi (SIN) to Melbourne (MEL) is usually a textbook “sleep-and-arrive” service—wheels up in Southeast Asia,...

December 26, 2025 John Cushma 364

Airlines

Wing Damage Impacts Qantas A380’s First Flight After Six-Year Storage

At the start of the pandemic, Qantas grounded its entire Airbus A380 fleet, and for years it wasn’t clear how...

December 11, 2025 John Cushma 906

Airlines

Qantas Returns Final Stored Airbus A380 To Service After Six-Year Hiatus

Qantas has brought its last stored Airbus A380 back into service, nearly six years after it was parked at the...

December 7, 2025 John Cushma 1112