
Has the Airbus A380 lived up to the hype for Qantas over the past decade? Tom Ballantyne searches for an answer in this Australian Aviation feature.

Qantas is set to return to Fiji in 2019 after lodging an application for capacity rights to serve the Pacific Island popular tourist destination.

Qantas has received its eighth Boeing 787-9, with the aircraft arriving in Melbourne after its ferry flight from the United States late on Thursday evening.

Qantas is upgauging its flights between Alice Springs and Darwin from 125-seat single class Boeing 717s to 174-seat two-class 737-800s from the end of March 2019 as part of a number of network changes in the Northern Territory.

SITA and Qantas have commenced a trial at Brisbane Airport where passengers will be able to use their mobile phone and face to board the aircraft or use the lounge.

Qantas has faced shareholder criticism on its method of paying bonuses and its transportation of asylum seekers on behalf of the Australian government.