QANTAS and British Airways are to jointly operate on the kangaroo route for a further five years after the competition watchdog found the growth of midpoint carriers had further weakened the alliance’s anti-competitive impact.
The airlines’ 14-year-old joint services agreement allows them to jointly market, schedule and price on the route without fear of prosecution under [...]
Qantas Airways subsidiary Jetstar said its alliance with Malaysia-based low-cost carrier AirAsia could potentially generate cost-savings worth hundreds of millions of dollars and result in lower fares.
The deal comes as rival Singapore Airline’s backed Tiger Airways increases services in Australia and prepares to launch an IPO reportedly set to raise $200 dollars.
The non-equity tie up [...]
Qantas Airways shares have jumped after the carrier said it expects first-half profit before tax to be as much as $150 million.
Qantas shares rose as much as 4.7 per cent in early trade, and were recently up 10 cents, or 3.6 per cent, to $2.84. It was the biggest gain among 200 stocks in Australia’s [...]
QANTAS contracted packaging work to cheap prison labour at the expense of a company that employs disabled people.
After a retendering process, Qantas contracted the work — sealing earphones in plastic bags — to the NSW Department of Corrective Services, rather than its long-time contractor, Sunnyfield, which employs disabled people.
“We undertook a review with all our [...]
Shares in Qantas Airways jumped the most in about two weeks after it raised international fares across its network for the first time in almost 18 months on rising travel demand.
Australia’s biggest carrier climbed as much as 4.7 percent, the largest intraday gain since December 1, and was up 3.5 per cent at $2.67 at [...]
Using an airplane flight simulator to play on your PC is as close as you can get to actually flying a plane. With sophisticated mapping technology, real world airports, and many other features, it is as if you are in the cockpit at the controls from the comfort of your home
However, not all airplane flight [...]
Qantas management says it will not give in to union demands for a 5 per cent pay rise for engineers, despite another day of major flight disruptions.
Qantas maintenance workers walked off the job today, forcing the cancellation of 35 flights across the country.
Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association spokesman Paul Cousins says unless management resumes negotiations on [...]
AIRCRAFT engineers have imposed work bans on Qantas planes before the busy holiday season as tensions rise over unresolved pay and conditions negotiations.
About 130 members of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia yesterday voted to ban after-hours call-outs from next Friday.
The engineers sign off non-standard maintenance work done by aircraft technicians for [...]
