iscoverFair Work Australia has approved a deal between Qantas and its engineers’ union that will give workers a three per cent pay rise for the next three years. The agreement, reached last month after a damaging labour dispute, also allows Qantas to introduce extended hours rosters more easily and gives workers near the end of
QantasLink has unveiled a Dash 8 Q400 featuring a special livery to promote the 40th anniversary of the Tamworth Country Music Festival. The Q400, VH-QOI, features a large golden guitar and the music festival’s 40th anniversary logo, and was revealed at a launch event in Sydney yesterday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
ATSB investigators have finished collecting data on the November 2010 explosion of a Qantas A380 engine and have moved on to analysis and writing a draft report on the incident. Findings from the report are not likely to be released to the public until the second half of the year following a 60 day consultation
Qantas has launched its fourth Airbus A380 destination with four times weekly service from Sydney to Hong Kong. The inaugural A380 operated QF127 departed Sydney yesterday at 11:45am and arrived in Hong Kong at 5:50pm local time. The service will operate Thursdays through Sundays and will return the same day as QF128. This content is
After an ugly 2011, Qantas hopes a supermodel can turn around its image. The airline Thursday announced Australian model Miranda Kerr as its newest “Qantas Ambassador,” joining an embassy already staffed by John Travolta, Cathy Freeman, Mark Webber, Greg Norman, Mark Schwarzer and John Eales. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
Former Qantas chief economist Tony Webber says overweight passengers should pay a surcharge to offset extra fuel costs. Webber says passengers are already weighed along with their luggage in some parts of the world – citing rural Indonesia as an example – and imposing the fee in Australia would help carriers deal with ballooning fuel
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