Qantas and Australia’s biggest pilots’ union went head-to-head in court over the airline’s decision to bypass senior pilots for prestigious roles flying the A380 – but both came out with a loss.
The apparent boardroom coup comes weeks after Lim Kim Hai stepped back from his role and long-serving leaders John Sharp and chief operating officer Neville Howell were promoted.
The collection of countries was formally established on 14 February this year in an initiative proposed by Latvia and co-ordinated with the UK.
VH-OQH (pictured in Sydney last year) blew out three of its 22 tyres after it was forced to return to Changi Airport due to technical issues shortly after take-off of flight QF1 to London on 7 July.
On-time arrivals were still the second-worst of every major region, above only North America at 74 per cent and well below the global average of 86 per cent.
The company recently announced an increase in the number of military components in support of the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Australian Navy aircraft.