United's low density B787-9: everyone is missing the point about payload restrictions

A few weeks back United Airlines published the seat map of their new low density B787-9 configuration, leaving tongues wagging for the exceptionally…

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December 2025

How to think, not feel about Qantas's Project Sunrise

Project Sunrise, the much vaunted strategy by Qantas to fly non-stop from the eastern seaboard of Australian to London and New York finally looks like…

Dec 16, 2025

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November 2025

Technical Thread #4: Qantas's Sunday morning IROPS masterclass

This last Sunday morning (23 November 2025), poor weather along the eastern seaboard of Australia resulted in major travel disruptions.

Nov 25, 2025

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Is Qantas really that Sydney centric?

Alternative working title: Does Qantas really hate Melbourne?

Nov 18, 2025

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Is the Jetstar to Sri Lanka rumour credible?

We hate speculation and we really hate speculation surrounding new routes.

Nov 3, 2025

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October 2025

Five and a half years!

That's what is took Australian international airline capacity to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

Oct 21, 2025

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Chart of the week #26: Australian international airline seat capacity finally reaches its pre-COVID level

This morning, BITRE released July 2025’s international aviation data, revealing an important milestone: international airline seat capacity has finally…

Oct 13, 2025

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Two years of Analytic Flying

Around this time last year we wrote an honest (and grumpy) review of our first year of Analytic Flying.

Oct 8, 2025

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September 2025

Dismal prospects for trans-Tasman competition

Over the last few months we’ve seen Qantas and Jetstar come out swinging with new routes and capacity increases across its trans-Tasman network.

Sep 30, 2025

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Scheduling fun & games: Qantas's Las Vegas NRL charters!

Last month, Qantas loaded several charter flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Los Vegas in February and March 2026 in support of Rugby League Las Vegas…

Sep 17, 2025

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EU261: there's no such thing as a free lunch

Note: we started working on this piece in December 2024 when there was a lot of discussion regarding the implementation of a flight cancellation and…

Sep 8, 2025

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Why regional jets are misunderstood and why they wouldn't have worked for Bonza

A very common comment that you’ll come across when engaging in the popular aviation discourse is that route X to Y will be a good size for **insert type…

Sep 1, 2025

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