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Section 259C Exemption Notice

Security holder details - Other

  • Dec 18, 2024
  • 2 pages

Statement on Successful Settlement with TWU

Company Administration - Other

  • Dec 17, 2024
  • 1 page

Notification of cessation of securities - QAN

Appendix 3H (Notification of cessation of securities)

  • Dec 5, 2024
  • 4 pages

Update - Notification of buy-back - QAN

Final Buy-Back Notice

  • Dec 5, 2024
  • 6 pages

Update - Notification of buy-back - QAN

Daily Share Buy-Back Notice

  • Dec 5, 2024
  • 6 pages

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Today

A Qantas Airbus A380 at Sydney Airport. A shortage of planes means airfares are unlikely to fall dramatically over the next year.

Surging international flights leave airports bullish for year ahead

A return of American and Chinese carriers has pushed overseas routes to their highest levels since the pandemic. It may not mean dramatically cheaper fares.

  • Jenny Wiggins

This Month

Commercial flights to Vanuatu are resuming after last week’s earthquake.

Qantas, Virgin to resume flights to Vanuatu after earthquake

The two Australian airlines are both operating Port Vila-Brisbane services on Sunday and Jetstar is running a flight on the same route on Monday.

  • Holly Hales
The Fin podcast. Myriam Robin.

Rear Window’s year in review: scoops, scandals, and power plays

This week on The Fin podcast, Rear Window editor Myriam Robin on the megalomaniac trying to solve Australia’s housing crisis, the column’s scoop of the year and the Clubland rebellion.

Qantas has agreed to pay sacked workers $120 million in compensation.

Sacked Qantas workers win record $120m compensation payout

The Transport Workers Union has won compensation for 1700 baggage handlers and ground workers more than four years after they were illegally sacked.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
Jetstar CEO Stephanie Tully Profile with Jetstar staff in Melbourne Airport.

Jetstar CEO says low-cost carrier is glimpse into Qantas’ future

It’s the low-cost airline everyone loves to hate, but Stephanie Tully says that’s changed and being part of Qantas means a lot of benefit from economies of scale.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
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Thick fog grounded Qantas aircraft in November but the airline says contingencies are in place now.

Qantas ‘pulling out all stops’ to get passengers home at Christmas

Chief customer officer Markus Svensson says Qantas is investing in making sure it’s able to get passengers where they need to go.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
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Dutton coy on nuke details; Qantas farewells Goyder; UK schooner row

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Former Qantas chairman Richard Goyder arriving for his farewell at Capella in Sydney.

Qantas says goodbye to Richard Goyder

The former chairman was toasted by his board, exiting with free flights and a bruised reputation.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the final parliamentary sitting week of the year.

‘Albo knows best’: Inside Labor’s discontent with PM

A series of missteps has raised questions about Anthony Albanese’s judgment. Is he too confident in his own instincts?

  • Ronald Mizen
James Tsinidis of Munro Partners.

Top fundies name their stock picks for 2025

From weapons makers to eye drugs and even Qantas, these are the investment opportunities fundies are watching closely in the new year.

  • Lucy Dean
Qantas and Jetstar aircraft at Sydney airport.

Strap in for a bumpy summer as old planes and surging demand collide

The high number of flight delays and cancellations were meant to have been smoothed out by now. But a crunch in the number of planes is dragging it out.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has given preliminary approval for Virgin’s plan to “wet lease” Qatar planes staffed by overseas crews.

Qantas’ misdeeds shouldn’t scuttle Virgin-Qatar deal

The TWU stoush with Bain Capital over the next Virgin boss highlights corporate Australia’s wider reputational issues that have fuelled the populist backlash against business.

  • The AFR View
High-net-worth spenders are focussing more on experiences than luxury goods, according to analysis by Morgan Stanley.

Qantas hits record as cashed-up Baby Boomers ditch handbags for travel

A pivot in luxury spending from designer goods to premium travel is expected to benefit Australia’s largest airline, according to Morgan Stanley, saying the stock has much further to run.

  • Joshua Peach
Shane Love and Libby Mettam.

Calls for review of WA airfare subsidies after blowout revelations

A multi-million dollar blowout to a state government scheme subsidising regional travel has prompted opposition calls for a government review of the program.

  • Tom Rabe
Qatar Airways adds Virgin to its growing list of airline stakes.

Union demands CEO veto in exchange for supporting Virgin’s Qatar deal

The powerful Transport Workers Union is concerned that a former Qantas executive involved in the illegal sacking of staff is the frontrunner for the top job.

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  • Ayesha de Kretser
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Govt has helped pay for more than 100k flights to one FIFO town in WA

A West Australian government scheme designed to subsidise regional flights to Perth for country residents has ballooned to quadruple its original cost.

  • Updated
  • Tom Rabe

November

Virgin’s competitive position will be bolstered with its deal with Qatar.

Qatar still pushing for extra flights as ACCC gives interim approval

Giving the Middle Eastern airline extra landing rights would make life even more difficult for Qantas, which faces delays getting new planes and a hefty capex bill.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
Qatar Airways has proposed to take a 25 per stake in Virgin Australia. That deal still needs Foreign investment Review Board approval.

Virgin’s plan to fly Qatar planes poised for ACCC green light

The Bain-backed airline hopes to fly the Gulf carrier’s Boeing 777s to Doha in a return to long-haul international services from the middle of next year.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson is getting ready to re-start dividends after a five-year hiatus. That should slow the buyback, but is unlikely to stop it completely.

Qantas has splurged $2.2b on its own shares. Why?

It hasn’t paid a dividend for years, instead returning billions to investors via buybacks. But with the stock at an all-time high, should it still be buying?

  • Anthony Macdonald
Qantas reduced its chief executive pay by 26 per cent when it replaced Alan Joyce with Vanessa Hudson.

Female bosses are paid $159k less than men

Female chief executives and heads of business are paid an average of $158,632 less than their male counterparts, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

  • Euan Black

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