Category: Qantas

Canberra Airport has said farewell to the Qantas Boeing 767 after the airline operated its last flight with the twin-aisle aircraft to the national capital on Sunday night. The countdown to the eventual exit of all 767-300ERs from the Qantas fleet on December 27 is well and truly underway, with the Flying Kangaroo down to five operating

Qantas says it will increase flights to Japan in August 2015 with services to Tokyo Haneda Airport as the carrier reports yield improvements on its domestic and international operations. The airline group said yields – an industry term measuring average airfares per passenger – on its Qantas and Jetstar domestic operations were higher in October

Qantas plans to use Fokker 100 aircraft from its Network Aviation subsidiary to operate scheduled flights in Western Australia under the QantasLink brand. The move will result in QantasLink ending all turboprop operations from its Perth hub and is part of a broader change to the network that will result in four Bombardier Q300 aircraft

QantasLink will shed four Bombardier Q300 turboprop aircraft, close down its Perth Q400 pilot base and make its remaining fleet work harder in a bid to cut costs. While the changes were expected to impact staff, a Qantas spokesman said job losses were not expected as the airline would “manage the changes through leave burn, leave without pay