Virgin, Qantas quibble over on-time status
Weather, ground delays and the Crowdstrike outage have undermined airlines’ on time performance in July, with almost 30 per cent of flights arriving late.
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Jetstar target of new class action over travel credits
Jetstar passengers are going to court to try to recover money paid for flights cancelled during the pandemic, in a new class action brought by Echo Law.
Would you pay $25k to fly Sydney to London non-stop?
Demand for first class is increasing so airlines are upping their game with extras like breakfast in bed and a ‘press for champagne’ button.
Is China the new Japan?
A ninth Chinese airline is about to start flying to Australia, filling the void left by Qantas’s withdrawal from mainland China and begging the question — is China the new Japan for Aussies?
This airline is a game-changer for Australians travelling to Europe
This new carrier has phenomenal inflight food service, chefs onboard, plants in the bathrooms and flies to 120 countries. Qantas better watch out.
Qantas the first airline to test digital travel passes
Weeks after calls to scrap ‘embarrassing’ passenger cards for overseas arrivals, the Australian Border Force has announced it will test ‘digital travel declarations’.
Bonuses back as ASX acts like nothing has happened
ASX’s chairman got $550,000, its now CEO got $3.8m and others such as the chief risk and finance officers were paid as though the unfolding train wreck is nothing more than a technical glitch.
Qantas braces for union attack on new IR laws
The airline doesn’t have the balance sheet to withstand union attacks in the same way as BHP and Rio Tinto. Which makes it a perilous time for both staff and shareholders.
Two books to buy if your flight is delayed
I was flying Qantas Economy, row 10, and all around me were noses in books. My flight turned into a Book Club at 20,000 feet.
Activism is not the job of CEOs
Boards and executives, however woke or conservative on social issues, are unwise to dragoon shareholders or customers along for the ride.
CrowdStrike issue has been ‘identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed’
CrowdStrike chief executive George Kurtz said late on Friday a ‘defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts’ caused the outage that struck millions of people across the globe and dozens of Australian companies.
Tricks Qantas is bringing in to beat jet lag on 20-hour flights
Passengers aboard Qantas’ Project Sunrise flights to New York and London are being promised a light show that should virtually eliminate jet lag.
Who will fly economy on 20 hour Qantas flights?
Qantas is undertaking research into how economy passengers will behave on 20 hour plus flights ahead of the launch of ultra long range Project Sunrise routes.
Australian Retirement Trust hoovers up Qantas Super
The $300bn mega-fund has kicked off another merger just weeks after it finalised its last tie-up.
ASX 200 soars to record high on broad-based gains
Gas like ‘life insurance’ in Labor plan: Bowen. BHP’s record WA iron ore shipments. Maintenance fails cause of Callide tower collapse. Qantas Super to merge with ART. DroneShield dives again. Zip’s debt raise.
On the first Qantas non-stop flight from Perth to Paris
I was a passenger on QF33’s inaugural outing from WA to the French capital. Here’s what it was like to fly for 17 hours.
New players can’t survive: Qantas
Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson says history proves Australia cannot support more than three airlines and regulation should back existing players.
Myer boss joins Sass & Bide board
Already with unprecedented executive power at Myer, its boss and executive chairman Olivia Wirth has become a director of the retailer’s wholly owned fashion labels.
The stories Trent Dalton is most proud of
For 23 years, as a working journalist, I have been documenting Australians who simply refuse to succumb to whatever pervading darkness threatens to blacken their light. These stories are the keepers.
Heavy Qantas landing won’t be investigated
Qantas A380 pilots have revealed how the superjumbo can lose up to nine of its 22 tyres and make it safely to the gate, after a dramatic landing in Singapore this week.
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