Captain Debbie Slade has been a Qantas pilot for 27 years and counting. During that time, she has gone to work in a uniform that, while functional and practical, was never really designed for women pilots. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this
Qantas’s shares have tumbled sharply after the airline group announced putting a brake on domestic growth in response to weaker-than-expected demand. On the domestic front, Qantas said it would cut capacity in the three months to June 30 2016, compared with the prior corresponding period, in response to the airline posting negative revenue per available
Qantas frequent flyers will be able to maintain their status level for 18 months should they take time off to care for a new addition to the family such as a newborn, foster child or adopted child. In a similar scheme to Virgin Australia’s Velocity frequent flyer program, Qantas’s “Status Hold” will allow parents who
Qantas has appointed a former senior Australian public servant, diplomat and current university academic to the board. Michael L’Estrange will take his seat on the board as a Qantas non-executive director immediately, the company said in a statement on Thursday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue
Could an electric car outrace an aircraft? That was what Qantas and Tesla sought to find out as the Flying Kangaroo pitted one of its Boeing 737-800s, VH-XZI, against the electric car maker’s Model S P90D electric car at Avalon Airport over the weekend. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
Every move you make, every step you take*, Qantas will be tracking you. In exchange for a serve of frequent flyer points. Qantas’s partnership with health insurance provider nib, which was first unveiled in November 2015 and called Qantas Assure, was launched on Thursday with actor Christopher Walken fronting an advertising campaign encouraging people to