On-time results were poor among all major airlines, though across April, Qantas fared the worst with on-time arrivals slumping to just 59 per cent.
Starting from Thursday, 19 May, the airline is also incentivising travellers to use the payment method by letting Frequent Flyers earn Qantas points with every dollar spent.
A Virgin Australia-branded Boeing 777-300ER, which was ferried from Wellcamp Airport to Brisbane last week, has touched down in Honolulu after a short stop in Fiji.
Rex Airlines has reignited a long-standing battle with Qantas over its fleet expansion into previously Rex-exclusive routes, after pulling out from a key battleground.
According to anonymous US officials close to the investigation, so far there has been no evidence of technical malfunction, leading safety experts to again question if the plane, which was seen by witnesses to nosedive to the ground, was intentionally crashed.
A UK recruitment agency, claiming to operate on behalf of Alliance Airlines, is offering British pilots major perks to fly the carrier’s E190s, including ‘serviced apartments’ and Qantas flights back home.