Qantas, Virgin slash fares for ‘travel week’ sale
Qantas has joined the Black Friday sales frenzy for the first time while Virgin says it has discounted over a million tickets, just as a new report warns airfares are set to climb in 2025.
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Airlines playing within the rules with Sydney Airport slots
A minister-ordered audit of Sydney Airport airline slots shows Qantas and Virgin are working the system to their own advantage but are not breaking any rules.
Qantas share sale to super fund ‘not dishonest’
A court has found Qantas did not act dishonestly by transferring millions of shares to its own employee super fund over almost 30 years.
Qantas looks to Apple to solve lost luggage dilemma
The airline is leaning on Apple to help it shorten the time it takes to find lost luggage, which can be up to three days for domestic passengers.
Who really wins in share buybacks? Qantas provides a fascinating case study
Lauded as a boon to earnings per share, there is now considerable scepticism about share buybacks – the ageing fleet at Qantas demonstrates the problem.
Qantas removes more ageing engines after Sydney flight drama
Two more ageing engines from Qantas’s Boeing 737s have been removed since a flight from Sydney suffered engine failure on takeoff and sparked a grassfire | WATCH
Airline industry struggling to shake off long Covid
Qantas is flying at its pre-pandemic levels but the nation’s total capacity is still down 2.6 per cent because of sluggish demand from China along with global aircraft and crew shortages.
Bumpy flight ahead for aviation’s biggest challenge
As well as costing trillions, decarbonising aviation fuel will require ‘bravery’, says Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson. So is it possible or just fantasy that flights will one day be powered by farm waste and cooking oil?
Surf lifesavers to rescue Qantas?
Qantas is hoping Surf Life Saving Australia can rescue its battered brand with a new four-year partnership.
Virgin leaving nothing to chance on Qatar deal
Outgoing CEO Jayne Hrdlicka is making sure the Australian public hears more jobs are likely to come from the partial takeover by Qatar Airways.
Aviation start-up’s self flying plane takes off after raising $55m
As Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson battles a pay dispute with pilots, a Sydney-based aviation start-up has a solution that could not only trim the wages bill but also make the airline greener.
Woman, child injured on-board Qantas flight
A woman and a child have been taken to hospital after they were injured on-board a Qantas flight that experienced a bout of turbulence.
Union calls for same job, same pay at Qantas
The Transport Workers Union wants to lift the pay of ground workers performing work for Qantas Freight by up to 14 per cent.
‘Qantas ain’t the spirit of Australia:’ MP
Maverick MP Bob Katter has lashed out at the airlines for charging regional Queenslanders double what they should be to fly return to Brisbane.
Qantas slashes more than 1 million fares
The 72-hour-sale includes flights from Melbourne to the Gold Coast for just $129, with flights including some Christmas and school holiday periods.
Qantas’ single excuse for fare price hike
Qantas have hit out at the consumer watchdog’s report around the staggering hike in the price of domestic airfares since Rex Airlines’ collapse earlier this year.
ASX 200 down; Paladin smashed; Platinum cops second strike
Paladin sinks 20pc-plus on mine challenges. Platinum Asset investors vote against pay plan. New intraday records for Aristocrat, CBA. ACCC says airfares up since ‘Rexit’, but Qantas has a different view. Business, consumer confidence up.
Concerning find after Sydney airport chaos
A flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Sydney Airport on Friday afternoon after the plane experienced “contained engine failure”.
How older, richer passengers will make Qantas a winner
Older Australians are set to travel overseas more than ever, and the nation’s biggest airline is muscling up to carry them.
McKenzie keeps inquiry into PM’s relationship with Qantas, Joyce alive
Bridget McKenzie refuses to rule out a Senate inquiry into Qantas, its former chief executive Alan Joyce and his relationship with Anthony Albanese, days after she was forced to disclose 16 of her own flight upgrades.
Qantas flight emergency emergency: ‘Takeoff felt wrong’
Passengers onboard Qantas flight QF520 have described a ‘loud bang’ upon takeoff and the aircraft ‘bouncing up and down’ before it landed at Sydney after a suspected engine failure | SEE THE ENGINE DAMAGE
Qantas says Virgin-Qatar deal risks Aussie jobs
The airline says the proposed Virgin-Qatar tie-up would see industry pay and conditions undermined with imported Qatari labour.
End flights upgrade rort, say former airline execs
Former Qantas chief Geoff Dixon has added his voice to the growing disquiet over politicians accepting free flight upgrades and says it may be time the practice ended.
Why government travel policy favours Qantas
Public servants are allowed to accrue coveted Qantas ‘status credits’ when flying for work which explains the imbalance in flights booked with Qantas over Virgin Australia.
McKenzie safe as she admits 16 upgrades
Bridget McKenzie has disclosed 16 previously undeclared flight upgrades but her Coalition colleagues say she’s ‘safe as houses’ as the major parties call a truce.
Senator sorry after flight upgrade gaffe
A Coalition senator has made a startling declaration after leading the Opposition’s attack on Anthony Albanese’s alleged ties to Qantas.
PM congratulates Trump on ‘important moment for world’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has congratulated President-Elect Donald Trump as he points towards a ‘strong economic partnership’ with the future administration, despite threats of tariffs.
McKenzie ‘received dozen upgrades’ from Qantas, Virgin
The Nationals MP, who was a vocal critic of Anthony Albanese’s flight upgrades with Qantas, has reportedly failed to declare more than a dozen of her own.
Key Qantas union boss quits as court hears of ‘Machiavellian’ ways
An explosive Federal Court judgment has laid bare the ‘extraordinary’ dysfunction in the upper echelons of a key Qantas union.
Alleged killer cop’s lawyer withdraws from case
There has been a “regrettable” development after a police officer was accused of murdering a Channel 10 presenter and his Qantas flight attendant boyfriend.
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