COMMENT: Qantas grounding – who will blink first?
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce’s decision to ground the entire mainline fleet of 108 aircraft yesterday afternoon was a stunning display of brinkmanship, one which will likely decide his fate as CEO. The airline says it is losing an “unsustainable” $15 million a week due to ongoing and “cynical” industrial action by the ALAEA and TWU.
UPDATED: Qantas still grounded as FWA hearing adjourns
The Qantas mainline fleet remains grounded as a late night hearing at Fair Work Australia (FWA) aimed at breaking the deadlock with three key unions adjourned until later today. The three person FWA panel in Melbourne commenced an urgent hearing at 10.00pm AEDST on Saturday October 29 and adjourned at 1:20am after hearing from key
UPDATED: Qantas grounds all flights until unions drop action
In an extraordinary display of brinkmanship, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has announced that all Qantas international and domestic services will cease immediately with the airline locking out all employees of the Australian Licenced Engineers Union (ALAEA), the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and the Australian and International Pilots Union (AIPA). Joyce says the drastic move has
Disputes have cost $68m – Qantas
Ahead of its heated annual general meeting today, Qantas has said that the financial impact by industrial action from three of its unions, the ALAEA, TWU and AIPA, has cost it $68 million to date. “This drawn out and coordinated industrial campaign by these three unions is having a major impact on Qantas,” Qantas CEO
A400M completes water ingestion trials
Airbus Military says its A400M airlifter has completed water ingestion trials that saw the aircraft successfully demonstrate its ability to operate on wet runways and taxiways without ingesting water into its engines. “During the tests at Istres, France the aircraft travelled through troughs containing 2-6cm of water at speeds up to 90kt in takeoff and
Air Pacific to codeshare with American
Fiji’s Air Pacific and American Airlines have announced a codeshare agreement, pending US government approval of the deal. The arrangement will see American codeshare on Air Pacific’s Los Angeles-Nadi, Honolulu-Nadi, and Nadi-Suva services, while Air Pacific will place its code on services to nearly 20 US destinations from American’s Los Angeles hub.
