Category: Qantas

Regional carrier Skytrans says it will exit the Sydney-Toowoomba route once QantasLink begins flights from Sydney to Brisbane West Wellcamp airport in November. Skytrans chief executive Simon Wild said his small, family-run airline just could not compete against the big national carriers such as Qantas. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

Qantas’s regional arm QantasLink has been unveiled the first airline to offer regular public transport services from Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport. QantasLink will fly 11 flights a week between Sydney and Wellcamp – located about 20km southwest of Toowomba and 130km from Brisbane. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

Residents of Gladstone have lost their direct service to Sydney after QantasLink ended its flights on the route on Friday. The last service, QantasLink flight QF2129, left Gladstone Airport at 1651 and arrived at Mascot a little behind schedule at 1946 on Friday, August 29. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

Three times during Thursday’s annual results press conference, CEO Alan Joyce used the term “confronting” to describe the Qantas Group’s $2.8 billion net loss for the 2013-14 financial year. “It has absolutely been the most challenging environment that we’ve faced, and the results as a result have been confronting,” Joyce told journalists at Qantas’s Mascot