It's funny how some people think that this plane will be too small to fly longer routes when the Boeing 757 does it all the time at the moment across the Atlantic with various airlines and the British Airways' even smaller all Business Class (2+2) Airbus A318 flies regularly from London City Airp...

This has been a long time coming for Emirates and a great idea - it's the one thing that has put me off flying with them recently and I bet the seat and service will be will be amazing as I personally think their economy (which I flew two years ago) was by far and away the best economy seat (on a...

This is great news ! The A350-1000ULR will be just the right size for Qantas, lighter than the 777-8 and with a newer airframe and technology and far more adaptable for other routes and missions especially coupled with the A350-900, as opposed to the 777-8 which will be too niche. Also Airbus hav...

I think this is a great idea - there are a lot of "cashed up middle aged flyers" that would happily pay a premium to sit up the front of a Jetstar flight knowing it's not a real Business Class but just appreciating the extra room and not wanting to sit down the back - especially on routes where t...

Sadly this just tells me that both Boeing and Airbus are years away from producing a viable economical aircraft for Qantas' ultra long routes at its current requirements. It looks like Qantas is beginning to realise that it's demands are too high and is back peddling now with advertising hyperbol...