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QANTAS unveils a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander special livery
QANTAS Airways (Sydney) has unveiled a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander special color scheme on Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) VH-LQM (msn 4450) operated by QANTAS Link partner Sunstate Airlines: QANTAS issued this statement and photos:
QANTAS has joined the movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution by unveiling a new QANTAS Link Q400 aircraft showcasing a large RECOGNISE logo on its livery.
In addition to the aircraft livery unveiled at today’s event, QANTAS Link will soon embark on displaying a smaller version of the RECOGNISE logo on its entire fleet of 31 Q400 aircraft, ensuring the message is spread across the country.
About RECOGNISE
RECOGNISE is the movement of Australians campaigning for the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution and to ensure there is no place for discrimination in our founding document. The movement has wide support from across the political spectrum and in the Australian community from grassroots supporters and many major institutions, non-government organisations, companies, sporting codes and faith groups.
About QANTAS’ commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians:
QANTAS has a longstanding commitment to value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, cultures and peoples and to recognise the original custodians of Australia. A Reconciliation Action Plan has been in place since 2007 and QANTAS currently holds partnerships with the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, Career Trackers, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Clontarf, the Indigenous Marathon Project, Supply Nation, Engineering Aid Australia, Jawun, Lirrwi Yolngu Tourism Aboriginal Corporation, the Yothu Yindi Foundation, the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and RECOGNISE.
Copyright Photos: QANTAS Airways.
AIRFRANCE-KLM PERMANENT BAG TAG
Air France-KLM has now developed their version of a permanent bag tag for travelers. It is called eTag with its tracking device called eTrack. eTrack has been developed by the airline alongside FastTrack Company, Samsonite and Dutch telecom company KPN with significant input also coming from Delta Air Lines.
As "Track and Trace" was a number one demand among passengers, AirFrance-KLM wanted to design a product that will benefit the industry and the passengers. Why would a passenger buy a permanent tag that can only be used on one airline so their idea was to create a product that can be used by a passenger flying with Air France, KLM, Delta, Lufthansa or another airline, for instance. Also having held focus groups with travelers, it was clear that the size of the permanent bag tag was important and while the prototype FTE previewed was relatively compact, the final product will be even smaller.
How does it work?
The eTag is an electronic baggage label that includes two e-ink displays and that attaches to the outside of the suitcase. The eTrack device is placed inside the luggage.
eTrack makes use of GSM, GPS and Bluetooth technology, which enables it to be tracked by a smartphone, while eTag also utilises Bluetooth. Passengers with a Flying Blue account can link the eTag and eTrack devices to their account, so when they check-in online, the permanent bag tag will be automatically updated within just five seconds.
The tag communicates with the outside world via the eTrack device, and directly with smartphones using Bluetooth but the two products can also be used independently.
In addition, a limited edition suitcase – the Samsonite Track & Trace, which includes embedded eTag and eTrack devices – has been revealed.
Netherlands mourns as bodies of MH17 crash victims return.
Wooden coffins were being brought out on the tarmac of a Ukrainian airport as the first plane carrying corpses recovered from the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 readied to leave for the Netherlands today.
Grieving families and Dutch royals are due to receive the bodies as flags fly at half mast on a day of mourning across the nation, which lost 193 citizens in the flight that was allegedly blown out of the sky by a missile, turning civilians from a dozen nations into casualties of a remote conflict raging in eastern Ukraine.
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