The Exmouth total solar eclipse on April 20 is going to be one of the great celestial events for West Australians. Business News, Amity Travel and AirlineRatings.com are going to take you there in style to see the effect of the eclipse from a Virgin Australian Boeing 737-800. The day starts with Virgin Australia Lounge access from 7 am for light breakfast and then boarding starts at 8.45 am for a 9.15 am departure. The 737-800 accommodates 162 passengers but on this flight, no middle seat is being sold for maximum comfort. On board, you will be hosted by Aviation Editor and author Geoffrey Tho ..read more

Collider, an entertainment industry review website, has trashed Netflix’s MH370 series saying it “does more harm than good.” JOIN: AirlineRatings.com YouTube Channel GET: Accurate MH370 Information From AirlineRatings.com Newsletter SEE: GT’s Radar Slams Netflix MH370 Doco In a hard-hitting and excellent editorial, it says: “The problem is that it’s a documentary offering far too little in the form of actual documentation and far too much in the form of wild speculation, conspiracy theories, and ill-conceived sensationalism. Ultimately, it does a disheartening disservice to the documentary for ..read more

Criticism of the Netflix MH370 show has intensified across the globe as the huge flaws in the various conspiracy theories come under closer scrutiny. READ: MH370 Debris: Now for the facts. JOIN: AirlineRatings.com YouTube Channel GET: Accurate MH370 Information From AirlineRatings.com Newsletter SEE: GT’s Radar Slams Netflix MH370 Doco In a damming article on the Netflix MH370 series in The Times famous wreck hunter David Mearns (above), a British-resident US marine scientist is quoted via Twitter expressing his disappointment. The series is “dominated by Jeff Wise and Florence de Changy, ridi ..read more

Qantas has been forced to warn its pilots about electronic interference from Chinese warships in the South China Sea and off the North-West Coast of Western Australia. The warning says: “Qantas Group aircraft have experienced interference on VHF from stations purporting to represent the Chinese Military. In addition Group aircraft have experienced GPS jamming suspected to originate from warships operating off the northwest shelf of Australia.” JOIN: AirlineRatings.com YouTube Channel GET: Accurate MH370 Information From AirlineRatings.com Newsletter SEE: GT’s Radar Slams Netflix MH370 Doco Th ..read more

The recent MH370 “show” broadcast by Netflix seriously questioned the integrity of the debris from the downed Boeing 777 and that of the many people who found the pieces. The show, MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, also called into question the motives of wreck hunter Blaine Gibson who has done fantastic work raising awareness of MH370 amongst local fishermen so they would hand in any pieces that they found. This is critically important work as the smallest piece can hold clues as to what happened to MH370 which claimed 239 lives. Blaine has been vilified by a number of people who have sugges ..read more

Vietjet will launch non-stop flights connecting Vietnam to Queensland in June following its announcement of two services between Ho Chi Minh City and Melbourne/Sydney in a month.   Vietjet will operate twice weekly services between Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) and Brisbane Airport (BNE) from June 16, 2023, on every Monday and Friday. The flights from Ho Chi Minh City will take off at 10:05 (local time) and land in Brisbane at 21:10 (local time). The return flights will depart at 23:10 (local time) and arrive at 04:50 the following day (local time).  To celebrate the launch, from now to Mar ..read more

SAA, (South African Airways) in its new re-incarnation is gearing up to start long-haul flying again during the coming months after a hiatus of over three years. JOIN: AirlineRatings.com YouTube Channel GET: Accurate MH370 Information From AirlineRatings.com Newsletter SEE: GT’s Radar Slams Netflix MH370 Doco The first routes to be re-opened from Johannesburg will be either Perth or Sao Paulo, SAA Chairman and CEO John Lamola confirmed in an interview with Airlineratings.com “We are ready now to start. From July or August we will begin to sell flights again to either Sao Paulo or Perth and sta ..read more

Qantas has released a video of its new First and Business Class product to be unveiled on the Airbus A350-1000 in 2025 for the Sydney-London and Sydney-New York nonstop service. Key to the cabin design says the airline has been giving passengers more space, made possible by the decision to configure its 12 Airbus A350s to seat 238 passengers compared to the 300-plus seat layout specified by other carriers. JOIN: AirlineRatings.com YouTube Channel GET: Accurate MH370 Information From AirlineRatings.com Newsletter SEE: GT’s Radar Slams Netflix MH370 Doco Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said the inve ..read more

In an incredible feat, a Red Bull single-engine aircraft has landed on the helipad -the world’s shortest runway – at the iconic Burj Al Arab in Dubai. Red Bull pilot Luke Czepiela landed the Piper Cub on top of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, the iconic seven-star hotel in Dubai. JOIN: AirlineRatings.com YouTube Channel GET: Accurate MH370 Information From AirlineRatings.com Newsletter SEE: GT’s Radar Slams Netflix MH370 Doco To land on the helipad, 27m in diameter, he completed over 650 practice landings before the attempt on top of the 56-story hotel. He needed just 20.76 meters to stop. To make ..read more

Boeing has secured orders for up to 121 787s from two carriers in Saudia Arabia to support the country’s goal of serving 330 million passengers and attracting 100 million visitors annually by 2030. JOIN: AirlineRatings.com YouTube Channel GET: Accurate MH370 Information From AirlineRatings.com Newsletter SEE: GT’s Radar Slams Netflix MH370 Doco Riyadh Air the new Saudi Arabian, owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), will buy 39 787-9s and take options for an additional 33 787-9s. The order was matched by Saudia Arabian Airlines which will grow its long-haul fleet with ..read more