Have they even produced a test bed B777-8 yet?
As I understand it’s only for the LEAP powered A321XLR still need to process P&W powered A321XLRs.
Welp, Bonza was first, will Rex be next?
Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration but regional services continuing to operate - ABC News
If they end up gone, at least Rex will live on in the WoA universe.
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But for the sake of people living in regional areas that rely on Rex, let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. 
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Or hopefully the government will take over Rex operations if they do collapse.
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Maybe, but Qantas will always be their one and only baby.
Albanese government ‘reluctant to throw money at the problem’ after Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration | Sky News Australia
That practice seems highly unethical and should be illegal if true.
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The article says a little under that the govt. Is reforming that method, it’s been happening for 50 odd years I think it said? Probably less
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Sad to see, wonder if getting the B738s was a bad idea and they should’ve got another turboprop instead like ATR-72s or even EMB 175LRs, hope they survive on the Saab 340 operations.
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And it happend again
Yesterday a Ryanair 737-800 (EI-DLC) burst it’s tyre while landing at Dublin Airport this is the 2nd time now that a Ryanair 737 had tyres bursts and gears snapping in just over a year but why is it the 2nd time it happened and why did it happen on the same airport again?
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Ba had this problem but worse. There 787 lost the nose gear 
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Yea its quite weird how often tires on aircraft are faulty or burst and stuff. Maybe the tire manufacturer needs to change something
This is now the 2nd time it happened at the at the same airport the first was where a 737-800 snapped it’s gear and was scrapping the runway and this was all caught on camera.
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Could be a combination of maintenance practices, tire quality, and piloting (hard landings). And for the hard landing, I mean probably not one terrible smash that broke it, but a lot of hard landings over time, with this being the last straw on the camel’s back.
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Apparently the reason why Ryanair does hard landings on purpose is because it saves time getting to the gate. So pretty much as long as the plane is on the ground it’s on the ground don’t matter how it gets there.
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Makes no sense, most Ryanair aircraft in or based in Dublin during the evening are parked and locked up for the night, this also applies to Aer Lingus, Emerald Airlines, TUI Airways and ASL too.
Out of all the Ryanair flights I took (which I took a lot) only 2 made a hard landing in Wroclaw and Dublin.
Yeah true but I remember seeing that from I think a simple flying video. Maybe they don’t do hard landings on purpose but maybe they just don’t really try to make the landings soft
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No i think they just try to land as quickly as possible so they can get off quicker hence getting to the gate for the next flight after a 25 minute turnaround.
Not really, yes they turn around in about half an hour but in Dublin in the morning they usually handle in about 45 - 1 hour before takeoff as they need to clean, cater, fuel, and load all the baggage and passengers.
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