Qantas, Virgin international flights grounded
Australian airlines will temporarily disappear from international airways with the final government-subsidised flights.
Qantas
Profit taking trims share gain to 0.8pc
Qantas’s plans to lift capacity have revived ailing travel names, while retail profit taking kept the ASX from finishing above 6000.
Qantas aims for headstart over Virgin
As rival Virgin battles its way through administration, Qantas has announced plans to pull planes out of mothballs and get more services up and running.
Watchdog ramps up Qantas probe
The ACCC has toughened its position on Qantas’ acquisition of a stake in smaller airline Alliance.
Qantas pilots to move over Sydney school spat
Qantas has scrapped plans to build a new $120m pilot training centre in Sydney after a compensation battle with the NSW government.
Union in pay stand-off with Qantas
Qantas is threatening to claw back overpayments to workers after it rejected union claims that more than 900 had been underpaid.
Qantas buys a chunk of Cobham Aviation
The move will see regional QantasLink services returned to the Flying Kangaroo.
Business ‘be bold’, says Qantas’s Goyder
Government must encourage business to invest post-virus with tax or investment allowances, says Qantas chair.
Qantas flags $19 Jetstar fares
Qantas has flagged ultra-cheap fares on Jetstar to stimulate travel demand when flying is able to resume.
Perth running out of financial runway
Perth Airport says Qantas and Virgin Australia’s unpaid bills totalling $36m have left it struggling to stay open.
‘Bureaucracy gone mad’
Qantas says SafeWork NSW has no business requesting the private medical information of the airline’s employees.
No extensions for frequent flyers
Qantas and Virgin Australia are refusing to extend the expiry period for frequent flyer points in the coronavirus crisis.
Vestal Virgin pokes the dying embers
Canberra says there are alternate buyers for Virgin, which just happens to be what Canberra wanted in the first place.
‘Critical’ flights to be subsidised by up to $165m
Sustaining Australia’s aviation industry seen as ‘critical to protecting livelihoods and saving lives’.
What gives? Virgin is Qantas all again
When Qantas was privatised in 1993, there was a liability of $1.4bn the federal government eventually agreed to guarantee.
PM refuses to budge on Virgin bailout
The federal government has no intention of being Virgin’s ‘white knight’, dismissing growing calls for it to intervene to save the airline.
Grounded airlines hit AusPost
Australia Post says Qantas’s decision to limit domestic routes will hit deliveries hard, delaying up to 100 tonnes of freight a day.
Gold Coast airport shuts down
With no commercial flights to cater for, the Gold Coast airport has temporarily shut its doors.
Virgin Australia axes every route but one
Virgin Australia reduces domestic flights to a single route as Qantas reveals 95 per cent drop in Easter travellers.
Qantas virus cases ‘from overseas’
Qantas has told staff that virus cases in up to 50 employees would have been contracted overseas, rather than in-flight.
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