Australia’s business elite will joint forces with its top gourmands to raise money for homeless and hungry Sydneysiders. The Qantas-sponsored “CEO CookOff” will see teams of 10 executives competing to prepare meals for some 1000 poor people. The CEOs will be assisted by 30 of Australia’s celebrity chefs, including Qantas ambassador Neil Perry, Peter Gilmore,
A rare computer fault caused the sudden nose dive of a Qantas flight in 2008 that injured 119 people, an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has concluded. The incident occurred on board Airbus A330-303 VH-QPA operating QF72 that departed Singapore for Perth on October 7 2008. While cruising at 37,000ft, one of the
Qantas has taken delivery of its 12th Airbus A380, with VH-OQL Phyllis Arnott arriving in Sydney on December after ferrying in from Toulouse via Singapore as QF6026. Qantas has said that the delivery of its 11th and 12th A380s will allow it to operate the type four times weekly Sydney-Hong Kong, plus increase Melbourne-Singapore-London services
Qantas and its engineers have reached a contract deal and are expected to present the agreement to labour umpire Fair Work Australia today. It could still be several weeks before the deal is finalised, but the agreement would end one of the three labour disputes that have badly shaken the carrier this year, leading Qantas management to
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce today announced the airline’s trial deployment of internet capability on selected A380 aircraft starting in February next year. Six aircraft would be involved in the pilot program on designated Sydney-Los Angeles and Melbourne-Los Angeles flights. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading
In its first major agreement since its recent industrial disputes, Qantas’s short haul cabin crew today voted in favour of a new enterprise bargaining agreement. The three year agreement between Qantas and the Flight Attendants Association of Australia’s Domestic/Regional Division will apply to approximately 2150 domestic customer service managers and flight attendants. This content is