Today’s announcement and signing of  the historic alliance agreement between Qantas and Emirates represents a seismic shift in the dynamics of the Australian airline market, both from the customer and the airline business perspectives. At a quick glance today’s announcement appears both a win-win for Qantas as a business and for Qantas’s customers, and also

Back in 1996, Qantas’s codesharing deal with an upstart Middle Eastern carrier called Emirates came and went with barely a notice. How times change. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me

I find it amazing that given their recent differences that Qantas and a union have been able to agree on anything, but it seems they have found a common enemy in Etihad Airways, and by their bleating one would think that the sky has fallen in. According to today’s news, Qantas execs, including Alan Joyce,

When the opportunity came along to host 10 readers of Australian Aviation on a close up tour of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Sydney today, I jumped at the chance. In the first instance it was an opportunity to once again climb over this wonderful aeroplane that I first saw in Seattle last year.