Category: Qantas

Qantas has announced that it will again increase its international fuel surcharges and raise domestic, regional and trans Tasman fares by five per cent, in response to rising oil and jet fuel prices. The increases will apply to tickets issued on or after Thursday April 28, while a fuel surcharge of $10 for domestic and

QantasLink has announced plans to increase capacity to the central Queensland centres of Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone over this month and next. From mid April QantasLink is upgrading 11 return services between Brisbane and Mackay with larger Dash 8 subtypes, adding another 572 seats a week to the market, and likewise upgrading to larger Dash

Qantas is facing industrial action from its maintenance engineers, after a postal ballot of Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) members saw 80 per cent vote in favour of overtime-bans and complete work stoppages. “We’re obviously very pleased at the outcome of the vote and Qantas should take very careful note of it,” ALAEA spokesman

Qantas has announced plans to cut domestic and international capacity growth, suspensions and cuts to some Japan and NZ services, the early retirement of two 767s, and plans to reduce management staff numbers in response to high jet fuel prices and the recent natural disasters in Japan, New Zealand and Queensland. “We need to act