Today
Air Vanuatu emerges from administration with EY-led restructure
The Pacific nation’s courts approved a plan to transfer shares in the flag carrier to AV3 Ltd – a 100 per cent government-owned vehicle – on Wednesday.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
This Month
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- Mergers & acquisitions
Qatar Airways to buy 25pc of Virgin Australia, funding big expansion
The deal with Bain Capital will allow the Gulf carrier to effectively bypass government approvals for more flights, creating a formidable rival for Qantas.
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- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
This is where the next battle between Virgin and Qantas will be fought
Virgin’s deal with Qatar will make it a stronger competitor to Qantas. But the two airlines are set to duke it out over one key part of the new arrangement.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Opinion
Qatar Airways deal can help Virgin escape Qantas’ flying wedge
Allowing an international state-owned carrier buy a stake in Australia’s second-biggest airline will go a long way to creating a better competitive balance in the domestic aviation market.
- Peter Harbison
ASX dips | Israel starts ‘targeted raids’ | Qatar to buy 25pc of Virgin Australia
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today: the ASX has slipped from its record, Israel has started ground operations in Lebanon with ‘targeted raids’, and Qatar Airways to buy 25 per cent of Virgin Australia.
What do we know about Qatar Airways?
The acquisitive operator started only two decades ago, and now flies to more countries than almost any other. But it has had its fair share of controversies.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How the Virgin and Qatar deal could wedge Qantas and Labor
Bain’s deal with the Gulf carrier will make it a more formidable rival to Qantas, and put pressure on a government that claims to want stronger competition.
- James Thomson
September
KKR, Kim Jackson’s Skip Capital win $3b Queensland Airports race
Queensland Airports Limited is KKR’s first airports deal around the world.
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- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Heading to Melbourne for the footy? It might pay to book a stop-over
Brisbane fans might choose a less-than-ideal path to save a few dollars in the pilgrimage to the MCG this weekend – booking a flight via Sydney or Canberra.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Qantas pilots to vote on pay freeze offer (worth 30pc more)
Short-haul pilots are the last group of the airline’s employees to vote on enterprise agreements since the pandemic, when wages were frozen across all entities.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Catherine King
Labor sings vastly different tunes on supermarkets and Qantas
Aviation is much more concentrated than supermarkets, yet the government seems to accept that the airline industry should remain anticompetitive.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Exclusive
- Qantas
Voters want more action to cut airfares, open to Qantas-Jetstar split
The results of The Australian Financial Review/Freshwater Strategy poll will give succour to Coalition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie.
- Ronald Mizen
Bankers begin the task of unravelling the Rex empire with asset sales
Almost two months after Regional Express called in administrators, the regional airline’s assets is being broken up and sold off.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Qantas eyes downtown Tokyo flights as Virgin waits for new planes
Demand for travel to Japan is strong, but not from Cairns, as the red kangaroo tries to muscle in on its rival’s misfortune.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- IAG
The fury of the frequent flyer
Airline loyalty programs have tested customer patience and now face government probes. They won’t be nearly as lucrative in the future if customers end up loathing the associated airlines.
- Brooke Masters
Labor pulls Airservices into line on Brisbane Airport noise
The government agency charged with designing flight paths has been told to hurry up in Brisbane, as Labor faces an airport noise backlash at the state election.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Domestic airfares jump after collapse of Rex
The demise of the regional carrier is more bad news for travellers as domestic raise fares and Qantas lifts its fees for changing bookings.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Auckland airport stokes airline stoush with monster capital raising
Qantas has labelled Auckland International Airport’s $6.6 billion investment plan “inefficient”, saying it would cripple demand.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Four reasons why Monday’s biggest deal flew out the door
After a years-long exodus of infrastructure plays on the ASX – from transmission line operators to wind farm owners – it’s slim pickings for local investors.
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- Anthony Macdonald
Qantas raises the cost of changing tickets by a whopping 20pc
The airline, which last year pledged to make it easier for travellers to modify flights, says it’s the first time it’s changed this particular fee since 2017.
- Ayesha de Kretser