One other thing that is new in China is that a number of cities have now rolled out contactless payments in their metro (including for Western Visa, MC, Amex)
Has occured in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and Guangzhou in the past twelve months.
Per the delays/ cancellations thread.
So hopefully that will end all the recent issues with the A380s with a proper spare on the ground.
In this respect I suspect not.
Qantas frankly went into the summer with a very conservative A380 schedule (seemingly 8 and a bit frames of 10 scheduled)...
Yes. That's the new map that QF are quickly changing over to with 15+ aircraft already done.. it's 12J 156Y today.. but at some point in Feb will officially become 12J 48Y+ 108Y when the Y+ seats become official.
But later in 2026 Qantas will be getting delivery of a lot of new seats and other...
I wonder whether there is a future plan to change Row4 to J once QF gets enough new and spare old seats.
That said you do have to account for what happens if the last row of J reclines.
In this case 52" becomes 37" J pitch plus a few inches for thicker seat, and then maybe another 10" to row 5...
Pretty minor transaction, but possibly strategically suggesting they won't increase their stake.
Best case imho would be for the now unaligned CZ to buy CAs stake (so China Inc still has its stake) and for CZ to join oneworld.
Definitely looks like a similar design.
And while it may well be contracted out and not made in the RMW boot factory, in sure the contract is very specific about materials and sourcing.