Qantas nosedives after restart
Qantas shares have borne the brunt of investor anxiety a day after the airline unveiled its brutal COVID-19 recovery plan.
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Bain Capital has signed a deal to buy Virgin Australia hours after rival Cyrus made the shock announcement it was withdrawing its bid.
Hard landing for Qantas workers
Qantas is on track to make a modest profit in 2020 as the airline embarks on a brutal cost reduction plan.
Qantas takes a new flight path
Qantas had big dreams, but now it needs to cut a mind-boggling $15bn in the next three years and $1bn every year after that.
Qantas to cut 6000 jobs, 15,000 stay stood down
Qantas will slash 20 per cent of its workforce, or a total of 6000 jobs, with international flights not expected to resume for 12 months.
Bond holder bid shakes Virgin
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Virgin bidders sweeten pot for employees
The US firms vying to become Virgin Australia’s new owner are pulling out all stops for employees as decision day looms.
New plan to get Virgin flying again
Virgin’s bond holders propose pumping an upfront $800m into the embattled airline under a plan that could halt its sale.
Qantas staffers await their fate
Qantas has told pilots it views compulsory redundancies as ‘failure’, but concedes some jobs may have to go.
Engineer chases down plane in comedy of errors
An engineer was forced to embark on a runway pursuit after realising a plane had taken off from Sydney Airport with its tail stand still attached.
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