Photos of Travolta and Newton-John taking inaugural A380 flight with Qantas
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John helped promote Qantas’ inaugural A380 flight this week.
The pair, who are ambassadors for the airline, flew in to LA on flight QF93 on Monday.
Qantas claims the inaugural A380 service saved thousands of kilograms of carbon emissions under a joint initiative with Airservices Australia and the Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions group (ASPIRE).
Qantas’ first A380 used electrical power on the ground in LA rather than running its auxiliary power unit, and was given priority clearance from air traffic control for taxiing and departure, a priority departure route out of LA and unimpeded climb through to cruise altitude, allowing it to reach its optimum cruise altitude as quickly and efficiently as possible.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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