Category: Qantas

Two weeks after abandoning plans for an Asia-based premium carrier, Qantas has secured a deal at the other end of the market and will set up a Jetstar franchise in Hong Kong. The $198 million agreement with codeshare partner China Eastern Airlines, announced today, will see Jetstar Hong Kong operational by 2013, Qantas said. The

Qantas has completed the refit of its fourth 747-400 and will introduce the aircraft on trans-Pacific routes by the end of this month. The refit program brings the 747-400 interior in line with that of Qantas’s Airbus A380s and includes redesigned seats, larger seatback inflight entertainment screens and fully-flat Skybeds in business class. The refurbished

The Qantas A380 damaged by the mid-air uncontained failure of one of its engines in 2010 should be back in the air by the end of next month, the airline has said. VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton has been undergoing repairs in Singapore for the past 16 months. Qantas says those repairs are substantially finished, with only a

Qantas has moved to block plans by Virgin Australia to alter its ownership structure and allow greater foreign investment. In a submission to the International Air Services Commission, Qantas called for a “comprehensive, public review” of Virgin’s plans, which were announced last month and would go into effect at the end of March. This content