iscoverA Qantas 737-800 is wearing a moustache this month to help raise awareness of prostate cancer. The Mo – and another one painted on Qantas Terminal 3 in Sydney – are part of “Movember”, an annual event launched in Australia in 2003 that encourages men to grow moustaches and raise money for prostate cancer research.
Qantas’s domestic services saw a drop in passengers in September even as its Jetstar and QantasLink brands showed strong growth. The 3.5 per cent decline compared to September 2010 was attributed in part to the start of rolling industrial action by Qantas labour unions. But the numbers also reflect the growth of budget brands including
Talks between Qantas and three of its unions are set to resume today for the first time since the airline grounded its fleet over the labour dispute. The two sides are to meet at Fair Work Australia, which imposed a three-week deadline for them to reach an agreement when it ordered both to halt industrial
A Qantas A380 bound for London has diverted to Dubai after it was forced to shut down one of its engines when an oil indicator warning light came on during the flight. QF31 landed safely just after noon AEDT, roughly nine hours after it departed Singapore, the airline reported. A spokesperson said a problem with
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says proposed changes to the Qantas Sale Act would threaten the airline’s survival. The changes, pushed by an independent Senator Nick Xenophon and backed by unions, would impose job security clauses and bar use of foreign crews on domestic flights. Joyce, who appeared before a Senate hearing today, said the bill
An embattled Qantas says it accepts the consumer watchdog’s demand that it reimburse passengers for a wide range of expenses after it grounded its fleet last weekend, but it remains unclear just how far the airline plans to go in meeting those demands. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has told Qantas to reimburse passengers
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