Qantas has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that its proposed ten-year alliance with Emirates is a strategic imperative if it is to reverse the “terminal decline” of its international operations. Painting a dire picture of the state of its international business as it seeks approval for the tie-up, Qantas said it would
Qantas’ sweeping alliance with Emirates will help return the Flying Kangaroo’s international operations to profit by 2015, CEO Alan Joyce has predicted. “This is a big step in the right direction for Qantas International,” Mr Joyce told the ABC’s Inside Business this weekend. “We see a path through to this business breaking even by financial
Qantas has unveiled the first product upgrade stemming from its new alliance with Emirates – a chauffeur service for first and business class customer traveling on flights more than 12 hours long. The Chauffeur Drive service is currently offered by Emirates to its premium customers. The two airlines have promised to align their services to
Singapore Airlines will roll out a $50 million program bringing in-flight internet and mobile data services to its long haul network. The services are available from today aboard 14 aircraft and will be extended across the airline’s fleet of A380, A340 and 777 aircraft over the next two years. Promotional prices for in-flight wifi run
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. In those days, Qantas was one of the world’s top airlines by any measure. Air Transport World ranked it as the world’s best in 1995, while IATA rated it the world’s
