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Qantas has unveiled a special livery on one of its new 787-9 Dreamliners, based on an indigenous artist’s painting. The new livery, based on Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s 1991 painting Yam Dreaming, was adapted for the aircraft by indigenous design studio Balarinji. Qantas Group CE Alan Joyce said the artwork is intended to encourage more people to explore indigenous elements that form part of ‘the Spirit of Australia’. “It’s a beautiful, bold artwork and so we hope it catches people’s eye and sparks a conversation about our country’s dynamic Indigenous culture,” said Joyce The new aircraft is due to be delivered at the beginning of March. The 787, which will enter service towards the end of March on Qantas’ international network, will be named Emily Kame Kngwarreye in tribute to the artist. <br/>

Cathay Pacific Group released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for Jan 2018 that show a decrease in number of passengers carried and an increase in cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2017. Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of 2,911,355 passengers last month, marking a decrease of 1.9% compared to Jan 2017. The passenger load factor dropped 2.3 percentage points to 84.2%, while capacity measured in ASKs increased by 2.6%. Cathay Pacific director Commercial and Cargo Ronald Lam said: “Overall performance in January was distorted because of Chinese New Year starting later this year when compared to 2017. Demand for premium class travel continued to be robust during the month”. <br/>