Some steep discounts are available to air travelers in the next two days in what one industry analyst calls “the first big summer fare sale” of the year.
AirTran sparked the sale this week, with US Airways, United, Delta and American among the airlines following close behind, says Tom Parsons, founder of Bestfares.com who tracks ticket [...]
TOKYO (MarketWatch) — International passenger traffic has climbed over the past few months, and analysts say Asia’s airlines are likely on a fast track to recovery as fare prices edge higher and as China readies for a spike in tourism fueled by the Shanghai World Expo.
“Positive traffic growth has now been recorded for the past [...]
Alan Joyce, the chief executive of Qantas, faces challenges in two partially-owned corners of the empire. It’s more than six months since Qantas confirmed it was talking to the Fijian government over a sale of the flying roo’s 46 per cent stake in Air Pacific.
There’s been radio silence ever since, but a sale of the [...]
It would have to be a relatively new chief executive’s worst nightmare; waking up one day to discover the hugely experienced colleague you beat to the job has just joined the opposition.
So it was this week when Alan Joyce learnt that John Borghetti, his one-time rival for the Qantas hot seat, will face off against [...]
QUEENSLAND, Australia — Sexpo late Tuesday said it plans on going public by November and has eyes on new markets, including New Zealand, Europe and the U.S.
The plan, to be revealed at the Brisbane Sexpo in Southbank, Australia, on Thursday, will spell out what the company will do in the next six months and detail [...]
QANTAS has rejected union claims that a group of female workers was sacked on the basis of gender discrimination.
Fourteen female cleaners were replaced in February by male workers who could also double as baggage handlers, their union says.
The Transport Workers’ Union today launched an application in Fair Work Australia for reinstatement saying the women had [...]
SYDNEY—Australia’s two biggest airlines shuffled executive ranks Tuesday, as Qantas Airways Ltd. said its finance chief would resign while rival Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. tapped a former Qantas executive as its new chief executive.
Qantas said Chief Financial Officer Colin Storrie, who is also a director, will resign Friday for personal and health reasons after less [...]
QANTAS, which is hemorrhaging tens of millions of dollars on long haul services to the US and Europe, is under new pressure after the sudden departure yesterday of finance chief Colin Storrie and the arrival of a former senior executive at the helm of its rival Virgin Blue.
Mr Storrie, who resigned from the Qantas board [...]
Etihad Airways chief executive James Hogan has his sights set on capturing a slice of the lucrative Australian federal government travel contract.
Mr Hogan confirmed the six-year old airline was bidding to win some of the $500 million or so that politicians, diplomats and public servants spend of flights each year and talked up Etihad’s extensive [...]
VIRGIN BLUE’S replacement for its long-time boss, Brett Godfrey, could be announced as early as today, amid mounting speculation that former Qantas executive John Borghetti is the most likely heir apparent.
Several industry insiders said yesterday that Mr Borghetti was expected to become the airline’s next chief executive, though they did not rule out Andy Harrison, [...]
