MUSICIAN John Mayer is the latest vocal critic of Qantas, tweeting his dissatisfaction to 2 million fans around the world.
The American was aboard the new Qantas A380 that left Sydney for Los Angeles on Friday night but was then turned back because of a faulty fuel pump.
The jet, carrying 329 passengers, tried to return to [...]
New Zealand travellers flying on Australian airline Qantas could be grounded by a strike by Qantas engineers from January 9.
Qantas’ planes require clearance by an engineer before they can take off, but with about 1700 engineers engaging in four-hour rolling stoppages they will be grounded, the Dominion Post newspaper reports.
The workers are demanding a 5 [...]
An arm wrestle between airlines may test predatory pricing laws, writes Clive Dorman.
Strengthened Australian laws controlling competitive behaviour may be tested in north Queensland as independent regional airline Rex tries to establish its first scheduled service outside the southern states.
Rex this week began flying between Townsville and Mackay in a move that has triggered an [...]
Qantas Airways Ltd says a contentious $3 million payment as part of former CEO Geoff Dixon’s $10.7 million salary package was a contractual obligation.
Mr Dixon stood down from the role on November 28 last year but stayed on to the end of March as a consultant.
Chairman Leigh Clifford told shareholders at the national carrier’s annual [...]
QANTAS may ditch first-class seats on some short international routes to increase revenue, says chief executive Alan Joyce.
During his first year as Qantas chief Mr Joyce had had to deal with the global financial crisis, failed merger talks with British Airways and swine flu, which cost the airline $90 million in business from Japan.
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QANTAS will have to wait until December for the delivery of its next two Airbus A380s, after encountering flight stability problems with one of the jumbos, which had been expected to start flying on the US route next month.
The airline confirmed the 450-seat jet would need to undergo further tests at the Airbus factory in [...]
Who doesn’t dream of one day flying to New Zealand, Aotearoa – Country of the Long White Cloud?
On the other side of the world, opposite of Europe, New Zealand’s North and South Islands stretch over a length of 1600 kilometres.
Among nature lovers New Zealand is considered to be one of the last adventure tour [...]
Ariana Afghan Airlines Co. Ltd. is the oldest and the national airline of Afghanistan, and is currently the largest Afghan airline, headquartered in Kabul The airline operates domestic and international passenger services.
It is wholly-owned by the Afghan government, with its main base in Kabul International Airport.
The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in [...]
IBM says it has received a “positive response” from the 178 employment offers made to Qantas IT project delivery staff.
Qantas employees are being courted as part of a seven-year outsourcing deal with IBM that’s valued at up to $200 million.
The deadline to accept the offer was September 30.
“There’s been a positive response from across the [...]
Qantas says it is working with the manufacturers of the Airbus A-380 to fix a flight stability problem with one of the super jumbos it has on order.
The airline’s fifth A-380 was due to arrive at the end of this month but its arrival has now been put off until December.
Qantas says the delay is [...]
