Category: Airlines

Qantas and Australia’s biggest pilots’ union went head to head in court over the airline’s decision to bypass senior pilots for prestigious roles flying the A380 – but both came out with a loss.

The apparent boardroom coup comes weeks after Lim Kim Hai stepped back from his role and long-serving leaders John Sharp and chief operating officer Neville Howell were promoted.

VH-OQH (pictured in Sydney last year) blew out three of its 22 tyres after it was forced to return to Changi Airport due to technical issues shortly after take-off of flight QF1 to London on 7 July.

VH-YQX (pictured) was photographed by a friend of Australian Aviation contributor Rob Finlayson with the majority of its QantasLink branding removed, having arrived in Victorville on 11 April.

On average, the Flying Kangaroo took 97 days to finalise a customer complaint last year, compared to 19 for Rex, 18 for Jetstar and 16 for Virgin Australia. Qantas says it has since improved its time to 15 days in the second half of last year and 11 da…

On average, the Flying Kangaroo took 97 days to finalise a customer complaint last year, compared to 19 for Rex, 18 for Jetstar and 16 for Virgin Australia. Qantas says it has since improved its time to 15 days in the second half of last year and 11 da…

Marc Devine, who joined Alliance as a financial controller before serving as CFO for seven years, will end his term on 30 August, to be replaced by Andrew Evans.