Qatar CEO ‘positive’ on more flights amid Virgin interest
The airline is ‘positive’ of landing more flights into Australia as the Gulf carrier confirms interest in a Virgin Australia stake.
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Airlines playing it safe with turbulence
Travellers should expect seat belt signs to come on more often and for longer as airlines take a conservative approach to turbulence, says Emirates president Tim Clark.
Big change to Qantas boarding procedure
Qantas will begin rolling out its new boarding procedure for domestic travellers from Monday in an effort to speed up the process and help flights get away on time.
Qantas makes huge change to boarding
The way you board on a major Australian airline is being shaken up, with the overhaul tipped to cut queue time and get you in your seat and in the air faster.
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Flight site’s link to failed airline
MICHAEL James left the airline industry in disgrace, but now his wife is behind a website selling cheap flights and travel deals.
Qantas frequent flyers in firing line
QANTAS is in a world of pain financially. But is selling its lucrative Frequent Flyer program the answer? Analysts say no.
Qantas frequent flyers hit 10.2 million
QANTAS as an airline might be struggling but its frequent flyer scheme declared it had 10.2m members, up from 5.8m five years ago.
Aussies still flying for half price
BUSINESS travel is getting dearer as the Virgin v Qantas price war cools, but economy travellers can still find cut-price airfares.
How far would you go to schmooze?
IT COULD be the premise of a really good reality TV show. A bunch of ambitious entrepreneurs on a boat in Antarctica to see who could network the best.
Malaysia Airlines in huge shake-up
MALAYSIA Airlines has suspended trading in its shares amid expectations of a corporate restructuring following the twin disasters of MH370 and MH17.
Global boss really puts his foot in it
YOU think your boss is bad? One big honcho managed to get his 169,000 employees offside when he insulted them all. What did he say?
The man with the world’s toughest job
MALAYSIA Airlines chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya may just have the toughest job in business right now. Who is the man tasked with getting the airline through two tragedies?
Qantas considering split
QANTAS is reportedly considering splitting its domestic and international arms to attract more foreign investment.
Can Malaysia Airlines’ brand survive?
MALAYSIA Airlines is in unchartered territory after tragedies affected two of its aircraft. Experts weigh in on whether the company can recover.
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