Category: Qantas

Virgin Australia carried more domestic passengers than chief rival Qantas in October as it took advantage of the Flying Kangaroo’s labour troubles. Virgin saw its domestic passenger numbers surge to 1.51 million, a 7.4 per cent increase over October 2010. Qantas had earlier reported an 11.3 per cent drop in domestic carriage to 1.41 million passengers.

Qantas saw a slight decline in its share of international travel to and from Australia in September as industrial action by labour unions got underway. The Flying Kangaroo continued to lead the market with 18.2 per cent of international passengers, down one per cent from September 2010. It was followed by Singapore Airlines at nine per cent

UPDATED: In a turnabout blamed on the shambolic state of the world economy, Qantas has decided to shelve plans to launch a premium carrier in Asia and will instead form an alliance with Malaysia Airlines, the Australian Financial Review has reported. Qantas executives lost confidence in the capital-intensive venture as the European debt crises worsened

New South Wales police have suspended an investigation into threatening letters allegedly sent to Qantas CEO Alan Joyce and other executives in the heat of the airline’s dispute with unions. Police last month set up Task Force Barrine to investigate what Qantas described as months of threatening letters that included death threats. A police spokeswoman