The group – which comprises Webjet, motorhome and car rental e-commerce site GoSee, and travel tech company Trip Ninja – has entered the stock market after splitting from parent company WEB Travel Group Limited, with more than 97 per cent of shareholders voting in favour.
Ted Colbert III, who took over Boeing Defense and Space in 2022, has been temporarily replaced by the division’s chief operating officer Steve Parker while the company looks for his replacement.
The latest BITRE data – the first since Rex axed its domestic jet operations, which consistently posted high on-time performance, at the end of July – showed QantasLink as the most reliable individual airline in on-time departures and arrivals, though Virgin saw the lowest cancellations.
Gap Drone's four-metre-long Autonomous Transport Logistics Air System UAV is slated for commercial launch in 2026, with the start-up set to test its navigation and propulsion systems on a smaller-scale “Baby Atlas” demonstrator platform in coming weeks.
The successful test flight demonstrated the system’s ability to operate in the harsh environment over the Arctic Ocean, providing critical intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities in the “High North”.
The agreement sees Qantas Group recommit to servicing Gold Coast and Townsville Airports for at least the next seven years, and Mount Isa and Longreach Airports for the next 10 years. The group has a more than 20-year record of serving QAL’s airports.