May 11 (Bloomberg) — Qantas Airways Ltd., and Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. gained in Sydney trading after Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Macquarie Group Ltd. analysts today affirmed “buy” ratings on the airline stocks.
Qantas rose as much as 4.7 percent, the most since Dec. 21, and traded 3.9 percent higher at A$2.68 [...]
SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) will resume flights to and from Europe later Wednesday but believes the disruption will not impact its ability to meet its earnings forecast.
Chief Executive Alan Joyce said in a statement the Australian carrier has applied for extra landing slots at London’s Heathrow and Frankfurt’s airport to help around [...]
CLOSE to 2000 Qantas passengers, who left Australia on the last flights to Europe on Thursday, were stranded at international airports in Asia yesterday, some still without accommodation last night. Five London-bound flights were grounded at Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok after volcanic ash from an Icelandic volcano disrupted airline traffic across most of Europe [...]
April 9 (Bloomberg) — Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia’s largest carrier, has apologized to customers after planes operated by the company suffered at least five malfunctions in the past two weeks.
“We hate disappointing our customers and we do all we can to rectify matters,” Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce said in an e-mail to members [...]
As a leading supporter of Australian business, trade and culture, Qantas is strongly committed to enabling and developing ties between Australia and China. Shanghai Expo is the ideal platform to showcase the best of Australia in China, and Qantas is proud to support the magnificent Australian Pavilion.
Qantas has a rich and steep history with [...]
A Qantas airline pilot has testified he repeatedly had urges to crash the passenger-laden jumbo jets he was flying — but doctors cleared him to fly anyway.
In a case that is partially reflective of a recent Canadian court action, Bryan Griffin said he once even had to “immobilize” his arm after it had — of [...]
Qantas wants to operate direct services to Papua New Guinea from Cairns, and has applied for air rights to fly 12 weekly services with its Bombardier aircraft.
The government Friday revealed that it had received an application from Qantas requesting the rights for 888 seats per week between Cairns and Port Moresby.
“Qantas plans to commence services [...]
TOKYO (MarketWatch) — International passenger traffic has climbed over the past few months, and analysts say Asia’s airlines are likely on a fast track to recovery as fare prices edge higher and as China readies for a spike in tourism fueled by the Shanghai World Expo.
“Positive traffic growth has now been recorded for the past [...]
It would have to be a relatively new chief executive’s worst nightmare; waking up one day to discover the hugely experienced colleague you beat to the job has just joined the opposition.
So it was this week when Alan Joyce learnt that John Borghetti, his one-time rival for the Qantas hot seat, will face off against [...]
QANTAS has rejected union claims that a group of female workers was sacked on the basis of gender discrimination.
Fourteen female cleaners were replaced in February by male workers who could also double as baggage handlers, their union says.
The Transport Workers’ Union today launched an application in Fair Work Australia for reinstatement saying the women had [...]
