Qantas

...a reader and head to a simplified baggage drop, or straight through the security process to their departure gate or Qantas lounge," says Qantas' chief executive, Alan Joyce. Only silver to platinum members and Qantas Club members will get...

In this article: Titanic, P&O Cruises, Alan Joyce, Barack Obama, Africa, London, Platinum, Pacific Sun, and Balmoral

Further information and media releases can be found at the Qantas website: qantas.com AUCKLAND, 17 November 2009: Qantas today announced that it would commence a third year-round Queenstown-Sydney service to commence 21 February 2010.

In this article: Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Wellington, and New Zealand

...the secondary particles, in particular neutrons, can affect aircraft avionics systems. Not much poor Qantas can do about cosmic rays, right? Well, apparently they're making some software changes and are hoping that'll solve the issue. So...

In this article: Neutron, Western Australia, and Singapore

Investigators are looking into cosmic rays and solar radiation as the possible cause for Qantas flight QF72 sudden plunge off the coast of Western Australia last year, which seriously injured 12 people on board. A second interim report by...

In this article: Airbus A330, Neutron, Airbus, Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia, and Singapore

UNIONS are bracing for forced redundancies at Qantas by the middle of next year if air travel does not recover. Qantas's decision to review the number of first- and business-class seats on its long-haul fleet has been interpreted as a sign...

In this article: Australian Services Union, Flight Attendants Association of Australia, Virgin Blue, Europe, and Bangkok

...safety problems with aircraft oxygen bottles, according to an interim report on the explosion of an oxygen bottle on a Melbourne-bound Qantas flight in July last year. The explosion ripped a huge hole in the side of a Qantas Boeing 747...

In this article: Oxygen, Melbourne, London, Manila, Hong Kong, and Philippines

...passengers having to be manually processed. The Amadeus system crashed at 5pm (AEDT), throwing Qantas and other major airlines into chaos before it was rectified just after 8pm. The airline reported delays of between 45 minutes and one...

In this article: Thai Airways, British Airways, and United Airlines

...Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia, Catherine Bolger, said it was the first time they had taken industrial action. Qantas planned to instead use senior managers to respond to engineering problems over the weekend. It said...

In this article: Fatigue, International Transport Workers Federation, Jetstar, and Brisbane

...action will re-commence on Monday at 5pm and will last until Tuesday at 8am and continue on the same daily pattern indefinitely. Qantas said it had contingency plans in place. "There will not be any disruption to our operations and I can...

In this article: Jetstar

QANTAS is valuing its 229-strong aircraft fleet at up to $3 billion more than the market does due to a sharp rise in the Australian dollar and the downturn in travel, analysts estimate. But the analysts from Macquarie Equities believe...