Chicago, IL (GlossyNews) — Complex merger talks now underway between United Airlines, Continental Airlines and US Airways include a landmark cost-cutting measure that will require passengers to clean the aircraft cabin and lavatories before leaving the plane.
“These discussions are all about finding efficiencies,” said an airline source close to the ongoing negotiations. “The fact is [...]
INCREASED airline security in the wake of the failed Northwest Airlines terrorist bombing on Christmas Day left 443 passengers on a Qantas A380 flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles stranded on the tarmac for more than four hours yesterday before the airline decided to hold the flight overnight.
The plane was initially delayed for 90 minutes [...]
A QANTAS A380 has been grounded in Melbourne, stranding 443 passengers who were stuck on the tarmac for more than four hours.
The Airbus super jumbo, in service for just days, was due to take off from Melbourne bound for Los Angeles at midday (AEDT) today.
Passengers now face a 23-hour delay, with a mechanical fault forcing [...]
An engine malfunction on a Melbourne-bound Qantas flight gave its 350 passengers quite a fright, shortly after it left Singapore late on Thursday night.
Some passengers described seeing flames coming from the engine, but Qantas rejected suggestions of a fire, saying the problem was a mechanical surge.
Passengers say staff acted quickly to reassure everyone on board, [...]
Professional engineers at Qantas will impose bans on overtime and other work from next week, but the airline insists they won’t affect passengers.
Members of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA) in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne voted in favour of the bans on Friday, after pay negotiations stalled.
From next Friday, professional engineers [...]
Qantas Airways has reported a 6 per cent boost in the number of passengers in August but the amount paid per customer has slumped since the start of the financial year.
The number of passengers carried on Qantas group flights was 6 per cent higher in August than in the same month last year, thanks to [...]
