Category: Qantas

Qantas says it will establish a new pilot training academy with the capacity to train up to 500 pilots a year. To be called the Qantas Group Pilot Academy, the school will open its doors in 2019 and is initially for direct entry cadets joining the Qantas Group, including Jetstar and QantasLink. The academy would initially

Virgin Australia says regulatory restrictions and high airport charges are roadblocks preventing more flights to regional communities. In a submission to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee’s inquiry into the operation, regulation and funding of air route service delivery to rural, regional and remote communities, Virgin Australia said regional services were more

Qantas’s fourth Boeing 787-9 has emerged from the paintshop and completed its first test flights as the clock counts down to the arrival of the aircraft with an Indigenous-inspired livery at a special welcome ceremony at Alice Springs in early March. The aircraft, VH-ZND, broke cover at Boeing’s Everett facility on Thursday morning (US time)

Australia’s competition watchdog has given the green light to Emirates and Qantas continuing their global alliance for a further five years despite some competition concerns on one trans-Tasman route. The draft determination from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the two carriers’ partnership covering destinations in Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East and