Wheelchair lawyer Jude Lee sues Jetstar

A WHEELCHAIR-using Darwin lawyer is suing Jetstar for discriminating against him.
The Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commissioner has determined that Jude Lee has a case against the airline for making him feel like “troublesome baggage” on two separate occasions.
In documents obtained by the Northern Territory News, Mr Lee alleges that Jetstar failed to accommodate his special need [...]

$440m Stella-Jetset deal in play

PRIVATE equity group CVC Asia Pacific has opted for a back-door exit from its holding in Stella Travel Services by organising a $440 million scrip-based merger with listed competitor Jetset Travelworld.
The deal, which has been approved by the Jetset board, comes less than 12 months after CVC and investment bank UBS took joint control of [...]

Jetstar Expects Lower Costs as Demand Boosts Traffic (Update1)

March 17 (Bloomberg) — Jetstar, Qantas Airways Ltd.’s budget airline unit, expects to further reduce costs as rising Asian travel demand and new routes boost traffic.
“We can definitely continue to drive costs out of our business,” Jetstar Chief Executive Officer Bruce Buchanan, 37, said in an interview in Bloomberg’s Melbourne bureau yesterday. “If you [...]

$15 for Jetstar airport lounge

Jetstar has opened a pay-per-use lounge at Auckland Airport’s domestic terminal.
Passengers travelling on Jetstar’s domestic network can purchase entry to the Akarana Lounge to enjoy free food and beverages, as well as big-screen entertainment and business facilities including workstation areas, free Wi-Fi access and computer terminals. If booked online the charge is $9.99 a person [...]

Jetstar passengers’ plane panic

A PASSENGER has revealed her fear at being stuck on a hot plane with 116 other people while a pilot attempted unsuccessfully to start it.

The incident occurred on board flight JQ843 from Hamilton Island to Sydney at 1:50pm on Friday.
Traveller Lepa Flaiban said passengers were stuck on the hot, stuffy A320 aircraft while the pilot [...]

Rolls-Royce wins share of Jetstar order

British group Rolls-Royce says it has won a large chunk of a multi-billion-dollar engine order from Jetstar Airways, the discount carrier offshoot of Qantas.

‘Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a share of an order from Jetstar Airways for V2500 engines to power up to 90 Airbus A320 family aircraft,’ the London-listed company said [...]

Qantas Jetstar To Use V2500 Engine For New A320 Planes

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) discount carrier Jetstar said Thursday it will use International Aero Engines V2500 jet engine to power up to 90 more Airbus aircraft it will operate, in a supply and service deal worth US$3.5 billion.
In a joint statement, Jetstar and IAE said the engine purchase agreement for 50 A320 [...]

Jetstar lines up $3.8bn deal on A320 engines

JETSTAR will today cement its relationship with US-based International Aero Engines through a $US3.5 billion ($3.8bn) deal to supply and maintain engines for its A320 aircraft.
The Qantas offshoot will confirm a $US1.5bn deal to buy the V2500 SelectOne engine for its fleet of 50 additional A320s destined for service in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
The [...]

New plane for stranded Jetstar passengers in Phuket

A GROUP of Jetstar passengers stranded for two days on the island resort of Phuket after their plane had two unrelated mechanical problems are due back in Sydney today after the airline sent another aircraft to pick them up.
The 290 passengers were due to leave for Sydney on Monday but were stranded, initially by a [...]

Jetstar staff have done nothing wrong: Qantas chief

Qantas says it is confident that two senior employees currently prevented from leaving Vietnam have done nothing wrong
Vietnamese authorities prevented Jetstar Pacific chief operating officer Daniela Marsilli and chief financial officer Tristan Freeman from returning to Australian on December 19 over allegations that the company made huge losses on fuel markets.
Alan Joyce, chief executive of [...]