Over 35 years ago, Captain David Massey-Green flew Qantas' first Boeing 747-400 nonstop from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport(SYD). Three senior Qantas captains ...

A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers ... a rapid descent over the South China Sea The Boeing 747-400 was cruising at 29,000 feet when ...

Passengers on a recent Qantas Airways flight from Sydney to Johannesburg might've noticed some very unusual cargo on board. The airline patched a fifth engine onto the wing of the Boeing 747 ...

It was the first Jet Age aircraft bought by Qantas. The Boeing 747 cut flying time to less than a day in 1971. The famous 747 jumbo jet flew from Australia to London via a single stop in Singapore.

and Qantas, has been swapping 747s for smaller twin-engines like Boeing’s 777 and 787 and the soon-to-be-flying Airbus A350 XWB (“XWB” for “extra wide-body”). “The 747 is plummeting ...

The inaugural service was commanded by chief pilot Captain ‘Torchy’ Uren and on board were four New Zealand-born cabin crew ...

Hamburg: Qantas is poised to take delivery of its ... be compared to past roll-outs of pivotal aircraft such as the Boeing 747, which opened up long-haul flight to the masses.

On October 6, a Qantas crew led by Captain Alex Passerini ... landing after 17 hours and 25 minutes and covering 9,334 miles. The Boeing 787-9 Great Barrier Reef carried four pilots, 17 crew ...

It was the first Jet Age aircraft bought by Qantas. The Boeing 747 cut flying time to less than a day in 1971. The famous 747 jumbo jet flew from Australia to London via a single stop in Singapore.