Category: Qantas

Qantas has appointed Chris Nassenstein, who is currently head of Air New Zealand’s engineering operations, as its executive manager Qantas Engineering from February 2010. “Qantas Engineering has a well established international reputation for operational excellence and safety and a long and successful history of internal appointments to this important role,” said group executive Qantas operations

Qantas unveiled a new Socceroos decal on one of its Boeing 747-400s in a ceremony at Melbourne Airport on October 22, ahead of the Socceroos FIFA World Cup campaign in South Africa next year. “This aircraft will be flying across Australia and around the globe, showing the support that Australia has for its football team,”

Regional Express (Rex) has slammed rival QantasLink, claiming that it has engaged in predatory pricing on the Townsville-Mackay route after the Qantas subsidiary increased capacity and dropped its lead-in fares to $99 one way. ”It looks like they are trying to push us out,” Rex managing director Jim Davis told the Townsville Bulletin. “We have

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has told The Australian that Jetstar would not take over any more routes from the Qantas brand despite the success in turning around losses in the Japanese and domestic New Zealand markets. “We have decided that, with Qantas, we have gone to a minimum network, a network we can’t drop below,”