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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 superjumbos, 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 [...]
Qantas has increased pressure on the Federal Government to help airlines cut fuel use, pollution and travelling times.
Chief executive Alan Joyce used last night’s Sir Reginald Ansett Memorial Lecture to call for Australia’s air traffic systems to be modernised.
He says more efficient use of air space would cut emissions and save airlines millions of dollars [...]
