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 [...]
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 [...]
Qantas has been named as the new title sponsor for the Australian Grand Prix.
In the wake of ING’s departure from the sport, it was feared that the Melbourne race would not locate a funding replacement for the Dutch bank.
The 2009 race at Albert Park recorded a controversial $40m loss.
“We greatly value the involvement of all [...]
QANTAS and Woolworths are intensifying efforts to sign more members to the retailer’s loyalty card by tapping into the airline’s 6 million-strong member database.
Frequent flyer members not signed up to Woolworths’ Everyday Rewards card have been told they will be soon.
In an email, members of the Qantas program were told they had been signed [...]
IT’LL be a scene from Upstairs Downstairs on the kangaroo route from Melbourne to London after Qantas announced it will start flying the double-decker Airbus A380 on the route from next year.
But the class war takes an egalitarian twist: 14 first class passengers will be on the lower deck with 332 economy class passengers, [...]
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Bill Shorten says he wants Qantas to explain why it chose cheap prison labour over a company employing people with disabilities for the re-packaging of its in flight headsets.
Last month the airline decided not to renew its contract with a Sydney-based company employing disabled people.
But in a last-minute deal the successful [...]
A QANTAS flight from Los Angeles to Brisbane has been delayed by more than 12 hours because of a mechanical fault.
A Qantas spokeswoman said the pilots saw a fault indication in the cockpit after taking off from Los Angeles and decided to turn back.
A passenger said the aircraft circled off Los Angeles, dumping fuel [...]
MORE than three years after Qantas downgraded its service into Launceston, the airline will make a small move towards increasing its capacity.
The State Government announced that QantasLink would add 540 seats on the Launceston- Melbourne route each week from February.
It will introduce a new Q400 plane, an upgrade from the existing 50-seater and 36-seater prop-jet [...]
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 says it is aiming to halve check-in times for customers at CityFlyer ports with new technology to be rolled out across Australia, starting in Perth.
Chief executive Alan Joyce says the Qantas’ Airport of the Future initiative will begin next year with the introduction of next generation check-in.
“Qantas Frequent Flyers’ cards will be embedded [...]
