Qantas is prepared for the possibility of further 787 delays but has not received formal notification from Boeing that the aircraft slated for delivery later this year will be arriving late. Jetstar is set to receive the first of 14 787-8s under order by the Qantas Group in August. Those aircraft are to replace A330-200s
China Southern’s new A330-200 service was scheduled to arrive in Perth Wednesday after touching down in Brisbane on Tuesday. The fast-growing airline said it was introducing the new aircraft as part of an ongoing program to upgrade its product and services to and from Australia. The new A330s feature flatbed seats in business class and
Qantas has sold six times more tickets to Europe under its alliance with Emirates than it did under previous arrangements, a solid return that has fed optimism the carrier’s international operations could return to profitability sooner than expected. “This is the most important deal in Qantas’ 90-plus-year history,” Qantas CEO Alan Joyce told journalists prior
Turkish Airlines is eyeing non-stop services from Istanbul to Sydney starting next year. The service, which would be among the longest non-stop commercial flights in the world, would make Turkish the only carrier operating directly from Europe to Australia. The move, revealed by Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil in an interview with Air Transport World,
Qantas has reached a new enterprise bargaining agreement with its international cabin crew. The airline did not disclose details of the three-and-a-half year deal but said Qantas continues to offer “very competitive pay and employment conditions.” The deal was signed with the Flight Attendants Association of Australia – International Division, which represents 3,400 customer service
Emirates president and CEO Tim Clark has described the process of executing his airline’s new alliance with Qantas, which comes into place on March 31, as a “Herculean task”. Speaking in Sydney on Sunday before the departure of the inaugural Qantas QF1 service to London to operate via Dubai, Clark explained there were ” literally hundreds
