Category: Qantas

Qantas has launched its new, most exclusive Qantas Frequent Flyer program level, ‘Platinum One’, which it says will “only be available for a select group of the airline’s most loyal customers”. Features of the new level include a ‘Platinum One Special Service Team’, which will “monitor, support and enhance [Platinum One member’s] travel experience; assistance

Qantas has detailed plans to operate almost 400 fewer domestic flights – capacity equivalent to around 60,000 seats – over the next month as industrial action by its engineers takes effect on its backlog of maintenance work. Qantas says that the cumulative effect of industrial action by ALAEA members, including work stoppages, a ban on

The ALAEA (Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association) called off planned strike action against Qantas today, but not before the airline was forced to cancel 40 flights and delay and bring forward others. “The engineers’ union has waited until a few hours before the planned strike to call it off so that passengers are still disrupted

While the airline continues to battle its engineers, baggage handler and pilots unions over wages and work conditions, Qantas has reached an in-principle enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) with its short haul cabin crew union. The agreement reached with the Flight Attendants Association of Australia Domestic/Regional Division (FAAA) will be put to a vote to around