Qantas Game-Changing Aircraft touches down in Australia after historic test flight

Qantas’ Project Sunrise plane will land in Australia today, after making a direct 20-hour plus flight from the factory in France. The specially adapted Airbus A350-1000ULR is expected to land in Melbourne on Friday after performing a flight test designed to push its range capability. It is fitted with an additional 20,000 litre fuel tank, … Read more

Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment

Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortages. Japan’s famously conscientious but overburdened baggage handlers will soon be joined by extra staff at Tokyo’s Haneda airport – although their new colleagues will need to take regular recharging breaks. Japan Airlines … Read more