Why everyone’s turning on Uber
FOR a while there it looked like Uber was going to take over the world. But now it’s in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
FOR a while there it looked like Uber was going to take over the world. But now it’s in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
FORGET the threat of a shark attack and international condemnation for using drum lines – visitors can’t get enough of WA’s South-West.
ALAN Dodson is a travel expert. But he’d rather organise trips to the world’s best destinations for other people than take them himself.
ANYONE who has ever hired a car knows the anxiety. The contracts might as well say, ‘You scratch it you bought it.’ That could be about to change.
VIRGIN boss Richard Branson has been touting the advent of space tourism for over 10 years. But will the crash of SpaceShipTwo ground those plans permanently?
THE competition watchdog is demanding further explanations from domestic airlines for failures to pass on a single cent in carbon tax savings.
QANTAS chief executive Alan Joyce says the troubled airline is on track to return to an underlying profit in the first half of this financial year.
QANTAS’ fall from favour with international travellers has been highlighted by a new report showing the airline’s market share has almost halved in the last decade.
JAMES Packer has told Crown shareholders that poor results for the company’s VIP businesses are all down to casino punters winning too much money.
EBOLA has spooked airline industry investors, with share prices tumbling as the virus changes from an isolated catastrophe to a potential worldwide threat.
WHAT drives Australia’s highest-paid airline executive? Flash cars – and a lifelong dream to experience Rio’s Carnival, that’s what.
VIRGIN Australia chief John Borghetti’s take home pay of $2.8 million has surpassed that of his Qantas rival, Alan Joyce.
SEAWORLD is a place of childhood wonderment. Or is it? The theme park is now tangled in a legal battle over a documentary about its treatment of killer whales.
COMMENTS by Qantas chief Alan Joyce have prompted a call to ban airline statements that lead to industry-wide fare hikes.
QANTAS boss Alan Joyce was paid $2 million last financial year, even after giving up five per cent of his salary and receiving no bonuses.
THE bitter capacity battle waged between Qantas and Virgin’s CEOs has contributed more to their shocking financial results than anything else.
QANTAS reckons a drastic shake-up will turn its record loss into a profit as early as this year. So what does that mean if you fly with them? Cheaper fares?
A DAY after Qantas posted its worst loss in history, domestic rival Virgin Australia has also announced a loss of $355.6 million and revealed stake in frequent flyer program will be sold off.
ALAN Joyce has piloted Qantas to a record loss, and now questions are being asked whether he should press the ejector seat.
QANTAS spilt $2.8 billion worth of red ink in a horror financial year but chief executive Alan Joyce yesterday maintained his plan to turn around the airline by sacking 5000 staff was working.
CHEAP airfares look set to go, with consumers tipped to pay the price for the record $2.8 billion loss as competition slows.
YES that’s billion. With a B. That means Qantas lost $7.7 million every day. But CEO Alan Joyce reckons it will all turn around soon.
AFTER the airline’s worst financial result on record, the Qantas boss now has until October to prove he shouldn’t be sacked.
FLIGHT Centre has blamed a 16 per cent plunge in net profit on the Federal Budget’s impact on households’ travel spending.
QANTAS is being urged to cut thousands more jobs as the company faces the most turbulent period in its 94-year history.
DESPITE a tumultuous year for the travel industry, Flight Centre has posted a $328.8 million profit and announced a new joint venture.
TRAVEL agents are often thought of as a dying breed, but you wouldn’t know it going by Flight Centre’s robust profits.
QANTAS is being urged to cut thousands more jobs and jettison a majority of its international routes as the company faces a bottom-line loss of $1 billion.
MICHAEL James left the airline industry in disgrace, but now his wife is behind a website selling cheap flights and travel deals.
QANTAS is in a world of pain financially. But is selling its lucrative Frequent Flyer program the answer? Analysts say no.
QANTAS as an airline might be struggling but its frequent flyer scheme declared it had 10.2m members, up from 5.8m five years ago.
BUSINESS travel is getting dearer as the Virgin v Qantas price war cools, but economy travellers can still find cut-price airfares.
THINK you can’t afford a holiday? A new report reveals just how much airfares have dropped over the past year.
IT COULD be the premise of a really good reality TV show. A bunch of ambitious entrepreneurs on a boat in Antarctica to see who could network the best.
MALAYSIA Airlines has suspended trading in its shares amid expectations of a corporate restructuring following the twin disasters of MH370 and MH17.
YOU think your boss is bad? One big honcho managed to get his 169,000 employees offside when he insulted them all. What did he say?
MALAYSIA Airlines chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya may just have the toughest job in business right now. Who is the man tasked with getting the airline through two tragedies?
QANTAS is reportedly considering splitting its domestic and international arms to attract more foreign investment.
MALAYSIA Airlines is in unchartered territory after tragedies affected two of its aircraft. Experts weigh in on whether the company can recover.
WE’VE all encountered some pretty shocking taxi drivers. But now one city is tackling the problem with an old-school solution.
QANTAS has welcomed a decision to raise foreign investments caps on the airline, but still wants to see the restrictions removed.
QANTAS has revealed it will axe 167 jobs from its engineering division as part of its $2 billion cost-cutting program.
TRAVEL giant Expedia has launched a $700m bid for Wotif.com. with founders Graeme Wood and Andrew Bice agreeing to sell shares.
TIGERAIR is crying foul over its arrangements at Sydney Airport. So it’s gearing up for fierce battle.
AUSTRALIA’S competition watchdog has concerns about a Hong Kong billionaire’s bid to own two casinos in far north Queensland.
JAPANESE car manufacturer Honda has expanded its portfolio into jets. The business jet completed its maiden voyage, and it is surprisingly affordable.
WANT to get to the edge of space without actually going there? A company will now let you get there in a balloon
EXCLUSIVE: Airlines, hotels and ticket agencies look set to keep slugging customers supersized surcharges, despite two court cases.
EXCLUSIVE: Airlines, hotels and ticket agencies look set to keep slugging customers supersized surcharges, despite two court cases.
AIR New Zealand lifts its stake in Virgin Australia to almost 26 per cent – the maximum allowed under Australian investment rules.
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