Independent Senator Nick Xenophon headlined a list of frustrated shareholders looking for answers at Qantas’s annual general meeting in Melbourne on Friday. The Senator took the step of purchasing $500 worth of Qantas shares to attend Friday’s annual general meeting and quiz the board on “questions that mum and dad shareholders have asked me to
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says he expects the proposed Jetstar Hong Kong franchise will be granted a hearing by the local government in early 2015. Jetstar Hong Kong, which was launched in 2012, is yet to secure an operating licence and has been forced to sell aircraft and park others while it waits to
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the airline group is on track to post an underlying profit before tax for the first half of 2014/15. The updated guidance, delivered to shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting in Melbourne on Friday, was unchanged from the outlook the airline presented at its 2013/14 full year results
Air New Zealand will conclude a three-year association with The Hobbit movie trilogy with what it labels “The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made”. From an airline that has given the traveling public fitness guru Richard Simmons, nude cabin crew covered only in body paint, Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, television veteran Betty White and extreme
American Airlines has expanded its Japanese network through a series of new codeshares with Jetstar Japan. The Dallas-based carrier will place its AA code on Jetstar Japan’s services from Tokyo Narita to Fukuoka, Matsuyama, Okinawa, Osaka and Sapporo from October 26, American said in a statement on Wednesday. American has a joint business agreement with two of
Virgin Australia has announced plans to operate three-times-weekly return services between Darwin and Alice Springs from late March 2015. The commencement of the new services, to be operated by Boeing 737 aircraft, has been timed to coincide with the opening of Virgin Australia’s new premium lounge at Darwin Airport, chief executive John Borghetti announced on
