A380 - VH-OQA Write Off.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Airborne
Posts: 203
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
This is why pilots dont make managers....
EMIRATES Airline, the world's largest operator of Airbus A380s, says it plans to seek compensation from the aircraft maker related to widespread disruption following the discovery of wing cracks on the super-jumbo jets.
Emirates president Tim Clark told the Financial Times in an interview published Friday that the airline expected to lose up to $90 million of revenue by the end of March because of the A380 groundings that began in January.
Read more: Emirates seeks compensation for A380s - report | News.com.au
Emirates president Tim Clark told the Financial Times in an interview published Friday that the airline expected to lose up to $90 million of revenue by the end of March because of the A380 groundings that began in January.
Read more: Emirates seeks compensation for A380s - report | News.com.au
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: in the classroom of life
Age: 55
Posts: 6,864
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
All this loss of revenue, damage, cost of capital, brand damage, all for a mis-drilled bit of pipe 
Unreal stuff.......and 18 months later she is still grounded.
Anyone want to start an airline......or build jetliners?
Unreal stuff.......and 18 months later she is still grounded.
Anyone want to start an airline......or build jetliners?
all for a mis-drilled bit of pipe 
Engine explosion Qantas A380 set to return to skies
Senior executives expected to be on the first flight out of Singapore.So,fly to Sing,then fly straight back.Why ?? Someone thinks it'll be a good PR 'opportunity' I guess.....
Senior executives expected to be on the first flight out of Singapore.So,fly to Sing,then fly straight back.Why ?? Someone thinks it'll be a good PR 'opportunity' I guess.....
Senior executives expected to be on the first flight out of Singapore.So,fly to Sing,then fly straight back.Why ?? Someone thinks it'll be a good PR 'opportunity' I guess.....
will they reassemble the dream team to fly it home? I know at least one who may be keen...
ok, make that only one.
ok, make that only one.
it will never happen.
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: melbourne
Posts: 164
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Rumor is the final fix for the A380 wing cracks gets incorporated there is around four to five years worth of work.Airbus cant handle the work and are looking for partnerships, too bad Q avalon couldnt ramp up and do more work on the guppy.But no lets shut it down and forever lose another auz maint division.
Caution: author is GT - from The West Australian.
Qantas jet's $150m repair bill - The West Australian
Qantas insurers have paid out $150 million - half the price of a new plane - to fix the Airbus A380 crippled when an engine exploded four minutes after take-off from Singapore on November 4, 2010.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said yesterday the repair was probably the most expensive in aviation history.
The A380, christened Nancy-Bird Walton, will return to Sydney on April 22 to complete flight QF32 - 536 days behind schedule.
The plane was badly damaged when a faulty oil pipe fractured in a port-side Rolls-Royce engine, which then caught fire and exploded, shattering a turbine.
Shrapnel punctured the wing, cutting fuel lines, a hydraulic system and landing flaps. The jet's anti-lock brakes failed and the damage pushed the number one and four engines into "degraded" mode.
Airbus began the repairs in May, using up to 50 technicians with help from Singapore International Airlines Engineering Company and Qantas staff in an SIAE hangar. All the engines were replaced.
Meanwhile, Qantas offshoot Jetstar could face hefty fines if allegations are proved that it hired trainee pilots from New Zealand on individual contracts but did not pay them superannuation and charged them for training in Australia.
The Fair Work Ombudsman launched legal action yesterday against Australian companies Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd and Jetstar Group Pty Ltd and New Zealand entity Jetstar Airways Limited.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said yesterday the repair was probably the most expensive in aviation history.
The A380, christened Nancy-Bird Walton, will return to Sydney on April 22 to complete flight QF32 - 536 days behind schedule.
The plane was badly damaged when a faulty oil pipe fractured in a port-side Rolls-Royce engine, which then caught fire and exploded, shattering a turbine.
Shrapnel punctured the wing, cutting fuel lines, a hydraulic system and landing flaps. The jet's anti-lock brakes failed and the damage pushed the number one and four engines into "degraded" mode.
Airbus began the repairs in May, using up to 50 technicians with help from Singapore International Airlines Engineering Company and Qantas staff in an SIAE hangar. All the engines were replaced.
Meanwhile, Qantas offshoot Jetstar could face hefty fines if allegations are proved that it hired trainee pilots from New Zealand on individual contracts but did not pay them superannuation and charged them for training in Australia.
The Fair Work Ombudsman launched legal action yesterday against Australian companies Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd and Jetstar Group Pty Ltd and New Zealand entity Jetstar Airways Limited.
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: sydney
Posts: 468
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
For someone who thinks he knows about aviation, his year 5 creative writing version of this event is woeful.
Surely he could have done a better cut and paste from the ATSB report.
Very simplistic and inaccurate.
Surely he could have done a better cut and paste from the ATSB report.
Very simplistic and inaccurate.
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Heaven
Posts: 584
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
GT forgot to Mention
Qantas insurers have paid out $150 million - half the price of a new plane -
He forgot to mention the initial cost of the aircraft;the lose of income while it sat on the ground being repaired.The damage to the Qantas Brand~Priceless
He forgot to mention the initial cost of the aircraft;the lose of income while it sat on the ground being repaired.The damage to the Qantas Brand~Priceless
