Category: Qantas

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Qantas has announced that it will introduce the premium economy cabin on its services to Tokyo and Frankfurt as it retrofits six Boeing 747-400s with the new seats. “Qantas currently offers premium economy on services to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Buenos Aires. Increased demand for this product, particularly

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The latest domestic airline on time performance report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) shows that Qantas had the highest rate of on time departures among the four major airlines during July. For the month, Qantas recorded an 82.8 per cent on time departure rate, followed by Jetstar at 82.7 per

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QantasLink has been forced to ground five Bombardier Q400s for up to a week from August 22 after cracks were discovered in a main landing gear component of the aircraft during an inspection. The inspections were instituted after advice from Bombardier following incidents experienced by another Q400 operator overseas. It is not known if the

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Qantas has been testing new X-ray scanning equipment which would be able to scan laptops while still in passengers’ bags, although it is not likely to be rolled out soon. According to a report in The Australian, the airline has been trialling a new multi-view topography X-ray machine in Sydney which does not require laptops

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Qantas has extended its joint venture ownership of Australian air Express and Star Track Express with Australia Post, while also concluding a new mail carriage agreement. Both Qantas and Australia Post own 50 per cent shares in AaE and Star Track, with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce noting that they were strategic investments for the Qantas

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Qantas has announced an “underlying” profit before tax of $377 million for the financial year ended June 30, on revenues of $13.8 billion, with the result meeting its guidance range of $300-400 million. “While global trading conditions remained challenging, they continued to improve, and the Qantas Group has delivered a strong result, more than tripling

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