Tiger's Push

The not so recent introduction of the new budget airline Tiger Airways was a very successful one, they started with $35 one-way flights as an introduction to their first services. Tiger started on the 23rd of November 2007 and started with their hub in Melbourne, flying to destinations including Alice Springs, Darwin, Mackay, Rockhampton and Perth and many more. But soon after their initial flights they dropped the Darwin route on the 25th of October due to the high fuel and Airport levys. After their initial pushes Tiger is now going strong, with a strong fleet of Airbus A320s flying to 18 destinations within Australia and also connecting to a strong international Parent company that flies from Perth to all over Asia.

Soon after its start Tiger was being faced with accusations towards why their fares were so cheap and whether they should be allowed to undermine the other airlines profits. But now Tiger is pushing forward after opening their second base in Australia in Adelaide. Soon they might take over Qantas' roles?

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Not so much of a dream now.

The long wait for the 787 has now been extended, after it's fifth push back for the takeoff date being pushed from much earlier this year, to perhaps next year. All this fuss has caused Qantas to cut its orders for the the larger variant of the plane the 787-9 and have exercised options to purchase the 787-8 (the smaller variant). Other airlines have also tried to make sure that they get at least some compenstaion for the late deliveries, For exmaple ANA (All Nippon Airlines) who was originaly going to be the launch customer is going to have to be put on hold.


But still Boeing are persisting on making the date that constantly keep pushing further and further away. Hopefully our generation will actually get to fly in the much awaited plane. The special thing about the 787 is that it targets the narrowbody range of international aircraft. Nearly replacing the Boeing 767. But this was also, a now delayed, counterattack the more sucessful Airbus A350 XWB which targets the wide body range of aircraft.

(Reuben's)Tech Stuff

Our task was to do a 'review' of other peoples blogs. My choice was Reuben's Blog which is about technology. He has covered things from programs like google to games that are about to be or have been released. He has the interesting game called Travellers IQ Quiz which is quite fun to do as it tests your geographical abilities. To see this for yourself, head to: http://reubens-technolog.blogspot.com/

Planes Planes Planes...

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I have always loved flying and planes, hence my reasons for being a pilot, so I decided that I would make my blog on aviation and all the airplane business news.