Yesterday
Sydney Airport grass fire follows suspected Qantas engine failure
Flights out of Sydney Airport were in chaos on Friday after engine failure on a Qantas flight forced an emergency landing and appeared to spark a grass fire.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
Sydney Metro’s boss learnt from London’s ‘failed experiment’
Peter Regan found out the hard way how to strike a good public-private partnership for transport.
- Jenny Wiggins
This Month
Virgin-Qatar tie-up could break Qantas’ grip on Canberra
Canberra Airport says the combination of Virgin and Qatar would help to end politicians’ preference for flying Qantas.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Airports say don’t cut Singapore Airlines out of Virgin-Qatar tie-up
The Australian Airports Association has warned the ACCC that passengers will lose a crucial route to Europe if the Qatar-Virgin tie-up is approved in the proposed format.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Import-export firms embrace disrupter Neolink
The Challenger winner of the Business-to-Business category uses AI to decipher thousands of pages of shipping paperwork and speed up deliveries.
- Sylvia Ramsey
Private jet use jumps – and so do emissions (even to a climate summit)
A peer-reviewed study has found carbon emissions have risen almost 50 per cent in four years, and wealthy Australians are disproportionately represented.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Sneak peek at Singapore Airlines’ new-look business and first class
Airlines are racing to offer premium travellers better seats, food and service ahead of Qantas starting direct flights to Europe and the US east coast in 2026.
- Ayesha de Kretser
October
Joe Aston on Qantas: ‘This is a story about power in the shadows’
This week on The Fin podcast, Joe Aston on what went wrong for the airline, why it has an oversized influence in Canberra, and the extraordinary perks of a Qantas board seat.
Qantas sues former captain accused of spying for Virgin
A senior pilot accused of downloading sensitive information has been ordered to hand back documents before starting work for the rival airline.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Cruise passengers skew younger as Flight Centre gets aboard UK outfit
A post-pandemic surge in cruising has driven the average age of cruise ship customers much lower.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Travel surge cements Young Rich Lister’s new billionaire status
Robert Chamberlain’s Huno Group enjoyed a 25 per cent jump in revenue to more than $232 million, while net profit hit $78.8 million.
- Yolanda Redrup
Why Europe’s car crisis is mostly made in China
The once-lucrative market is now highly competitive and more Chinese EVs are being exported, compounding slower sales at home.
- Kana Inagaki, Edward White and Sarah White
Albanese’s silly Qantas word games
The prime minister has spent his Sunday parsing allegations made in Joe Aston’s new book.
- Mark Di Stefano
Tasmania ferry failures ‘farcical and embarrassing’
Tourists planning to pop their caravans on a big new ship to Tasmania and holiday around the Apple Isle could be stuck on the mainland after state’s “diabolical failure” to build a berth to handle new vessels.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Qantas finds clearer air, but its past must fuel longer turnaround
The airline’s annual general meeting highlighted good progress, but the mistakes of the past should continue to shape the next stage of its comeback.
- James Thomson
Qantas says Qatar-Virgin tie-up blurs rules of flying
The airline is expecting growth in revenue in the first half of 2024-25 and says demand for travel, particularly in the low-cost segment, remains strong.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Qantas ponders a future without advertising guru Todd Sampson
Thirteen months since customer and shareholder anger was at its peak, one director remains a lightning rod for investor dissatisfaction.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Melbourne sponsor BGH Capital bankers up for $1b Singapore Post sale
The decision to hire Jefferies is a clear indication that BGH Capital poses stiff competition to the $US1 trillion-plus private capital juggernaut Blackstone.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Qantas faces $100m-plus hit for illegal sackings
The case is shaping up as the biggest industrial relations loss in Australia’s history.
- David Marin-Guzman and Ayesha de Kretser
Why overseas travellers will avoid flying to Australian events
Events industry bosses have warned the Albanese government that Australia’s slow progress on a sustainable aviation fuel industry will crimp overseas events travel.
- Ayesha de Kretser