Category: Qantas

Passengers aboard a late evening flight from Moree to Sydney found themselves arriving at Bankstown on January 18. The diversion occurred after the aircraft departed late from Moree and was unable to perform an over-water landing in Sydney after the curfew because tail-winds were too strong. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

Qantas has announced it will lease an additional five 717s and purchase three more Q400s to bolster its domestic business, as well as cancel a single 787-8 order for Jetstar. In what is a clear competitve response to the announcement by Virgin Australia it is seeking to grow its regional airline portfolio through the acquisition

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given draft approval to the proposed Qantas-Emirates partnership. The approval, granted for five years of the planned 10-year arrangement between the airlines, will allow Qantas and Emirates to coordinate pricing, sales and capacity. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To

By Michael Gisick The Byzantine Empire, as the standard-bearer of Christian civilization for a millennium after the fall of Rome, deserves to be remembered for many things. But it has left its clearest mark in modern English as a term for a particularly self-destructive form of politics – one defined by consuming internal rivalry and