Category: Qantas

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

Qantas flight QF27 left Sydney for Santiago on Wednesday afternoon sporting a few special features in recognition of some special passengers on board. Clues that this was no ordinary flight were found on the tail, where a pair of gold footy boots hung over the flying kangaroo, while a football was painted at the rear

Qantas has flagged zero domestic growth across both its mainline and Jetstar operations in the first three months of the new financial year in response to market conditions. Australia’s largest carrier, which has waged a fierce battle in the domestic market with Virgin Australia, made the announcement in its monthly traffic statistics released on Wednesday.

UNICEF Australia and Qantas have announced an extension of their ‘change for good’ partnership to encourage domestic passengers to donate loose change to the global children’s charity. Since it commenced on international services 23 years ago, the change for good campaign  has raised $28 million for UNICEF’s global child health, child protection and education programs.