As more details emerge about Qantas’s selection of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners for its future fleet, the passenger experience implications are fascinating, even given the background of the continued focus on costs and profitability within Qantas International. “We are halfway through the biggest and fastest transformation in our history. Without that transformation, we would not be
Qantas’s proposed alliance with China Eastern looks set for takeoff, with Australia’s competition regulator approving the partnership with conditions attached and reversing an earlier draft ruling to reject the tie-up. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the two airlines have to report their average fares, month by month, on each route that they operate between
Boeing and engine supplier GE Aviation have welcomed Qantas’s purchase of eight 787-9 Dreamliners. The GEnx-1B engine will power Qantas’s eight 787-9s, the first of which will begin arriving from the 2017/18 financial year. Manufacturer GE Aviation says the GEnx-1B has so far clocked up more than 1.7 million flight hours and 300,000 cycles since entering
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will allow the airline to open up new direct services and boost some existing routes to daily. The company announced on Thursday it would take delivery of eight 787-9s, with the first four to join the Qantas fleet in the 2017/18 financial year and the
Qantas’s turnaround from an eye-watering $2.853 billion loss to a $557 million statutory profit represents one of the largest rebounds in Australian corporate history. And the return to profitability, along with lower debt levels, has given the airline the confidence to order new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, offer a $505 million capital return to shareholders and
Qantas has confirmed an order for eight Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and will return $505 million to shareholders after reporting a return to profitability in 2014/15. The airline group reported a statutory net profit after tax of $557 million for the 12 months to June 30 2015, a multi-billion dollar turnaround from the $2.853 billion loss