Qantas says it expects a decline in underlying profit before tax (PBT) and ongoing domestic capacity reductions after reporting a drop in revenue for the first three months of 2016/17. In its first quarter trading update, Qantas said underlying PBT for the six months to December 31 2016 was forecast to be in the range of
Qantas’s 236-seat configured Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners will be capable of flying all of the ultra long-haul routes that have been publicly mooted in recent times, chief executive Alan Joyce says. The seating configuration of Qantas’s 787-9s, which are due to arrive from October 2017, was revealed in front of about 1,000 invited guests, staff and media at Sydney
Qantas has unveiled an updated livery and kangaroo logo to coincide with plans to introduce the Boeing 787 into service late next year. The airline says the new livery is only the fifth to be introduced since the kangaroo first appeared on Qantas aircraft in 1944, and the first livery refresh since 2007 ahead of the
While Qantas’s first destination with the Boeing 787-9 has been kept under wraps for now, the aircraft’s seat configuration is the strongest indication yet the Dreamliner will be deployed on some of the world’s longest routes. In front of invited guests, media and airline staff at Qantas’s Mascot base on Thursday morning, chief executive Alan
Qantas and Air Niugini have won a partial victory in their request for an expanded codeshare agreement on Australia-Papua New Guinea routes. Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) has approved the arrangements between the two carriers to codeshare on the Sydney-Port Moresby route (operated by Air Niugini) and Brisbane-Port Moresby route (operated by both Qantas
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says a nonstop service between Perth and London would lead to the airline having an improved operation into the UK capital. Joyce was asked at the company’s annual general meeting in Sydney on Friday if the airline’s two London routes were profitable. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation