Category: Qantas

Qantas has announced changes to the way passengers can earn points and status credits on its frequent flyer scheme. To take effect from July 1, passengers will now be rewarded with additional points and status credits when they book flexible fares, but the amount of points earned on lower fares will be reduced. The current

Qantas has issued a detailed rebuttal of claims made about it at a Senate enquiry hearing on Friday, while CASA too has rejected claims that it is too close to Qantas and that it has failed in its regulatory oversight of Qantas’s offshore maintenance. The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee’s inquiry

Qantas says better aircraft utilisation is allowing it to launch five new direct domestic regional routes: Brisbane to Port Macquarie, Melbourne to Coffs Harbour, Sydney to Hervey Bay, Sydney to Hamilton Island and Brisbane to Miles. “We looked at ways we can better use our aircraft, particularly on the weekends, and found network improvements resulting in

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has suggested his airline’s order for the Airbus A380, A330 and Boeing 747-400ER placed in 2000 was, in hindsight, a mistake. “It is great to be able to say I wish I could get in a time machine and go back to 2000 and [change] the fleet order [made by]