Category: Airlines

The Qantas Frequent Flyer loyalty scheme has welcomed its 10 millionth member. The scheme – which was launched in 1987 with just 50,000 members – has been one of the airline’s few success stories in recent years, consistently returning solid profits to the group. The five millionth member joined the program in 2007. This content

Qantas subsidiary Network Aviation has been awarded a three-year initial term contract by BHP Billiton to provide charter services to its Jimblebar mine in Western Australia. The services will be operated by Network’s Fokker 100 aircraft between Perth and Newman from June 9. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

Qantas has unveiled a specially marked QantasLink 717 to mark the transition from Qantas mainline to QantasLink operated services to Tasmania. In January Qantas announced plans transition its Melbourne and Sydney to Hobart services from mainline 737s and QantasLink Dash 8 Q400 turboprops to QantasLink 717s, which are operated on Qantas’s behalf under a contract

The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight off the coast of Western Australia has been suspended after further analysis of what were thought to be pings from the aircraft’s black box flight data recorders. Reports indicate the analysis of the sonar signals by the US Navy has found it is likely the pings