Qantas plans to offer a seasonal nonstop service between Melbourne and Queenstown between June and August 2019 with Boeing 737-800s.
Australia's competition watchdog and Virgin Australia have argued a proposed codeshare agreement between Cathay Pacific and Qantas would lead to a lessening of competition on Australia-Hong Kong routes.
Qantas and its low-cost carrier (LCC) business Jetstar are aiming to cut the amount of waste they send to landfill by 75 per cent by the end of 2021.
Qantas has posted a double digit decline net profit for the 2018/19 first half profit as higher fuel costs hit the bottom line.
This week's Throwback Thursday is Gerard Frawley's December 2014 story on Qantas's final Boeing 767 passenger service before the type was withdrawn.
The Qantas Boeing 747-400/400ER fleet is down to eight aircraft after the retirement of VH-OJS, which operated its last revenue service on February 17 2019.
