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 [...]
QANTAS has signalled that the worst of one of the most dire periods in aviation history may be behind it, issuing stronger-than-expected profit guidance and lifting seat numbers on key routes.
The airline yesterday said it would increase seat numbers by 340,000 a year over several domestic routes from March, thanks to higher demand in an [...]
QANTAS has pushed through the broadest increase to ticket prices across its domestic network since the global downturn dented demand for travel late last year.
The airline will be hoping it can make the price rises stick to pull itself out of the worst profit slump since it was floated in 1995.
Qantas and its regional offshoot [...]
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 [...]
