A Qantas plane made an emergency landing Friday due to engine failure soon after taking off from Australia’s Sydney Airport, sparking a grassfire on a nearby runway and causing several flights to be diverted. The Qantas flight, QF520, was bound for Brisbane and was circling for a “short period of time” before landing safely at … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has come under fire from the Coalition over his acceptance of free upgrades on Qantas flights directly from then CEO Alan Joyce, while Labor ministers defended him, saying that these perks were recorded in the parliamentary interests registers. The revelations surfaced in the latest book by Australian Financial Review journalist … Read more
Qantas has launched its first-ever A380 flights between South Africa and Australia. This will add more flights between South Africa and Australia with an extra 130 000 seats available for travellers annually. Superjumbo to increase seats available to travellers Qantas launched its inaugural Airbus A380 flight from Johannesburg to Sydney on 30 September 2024. Markedly, … Read more
Former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has reportedly drawn AU$3.15 million in bonus despite facing criticisms that he led the airline to its downfall. The hefty payout was in addition to his base salary of AU$381,000 for the last 67 days he worked as the CEO for the airline. Qantas’ 2022-23 annual report revealed that Joyce … Read more
Qantas Airways has announced that it will be downgrading hundreds of passengers who secured first-class tickets at a heavily discounted rate due to a coding error last week. The Australian airline sold approximately 300 first-class round-trip tickets between the United States and Australia for as low as $3,390—an 85% reduction from the usual price of … Read more
In a bid to increase and improve competition at the Sydney airport, the Australian government has announced it would introduce rules to schedule more take off and landing slots for flights, especially those belonging to new airlines. The government on Monday opened up a tender process for the Sydney Airport Slot Manager, which would require … Read more
A 24-year-old Indian woman who was travelling from Melbourne to New Delhi in a Qantas flight died on the spot when she developed a medical condition while the aircraft was still on the ground, according to a media report on Monday. Manpreet Kaur, who had dreams of becoming a chef, boarded the aircraft ready to … Read more
A key part of the holiday experience, flights give tourists the ability to set foot in an exotic destination after just a few hours in the air. However, as aeroplanes become more efficient, more airline companies are able to introduce longer flights that do not require any stopovers. Currently, the longest non-stop flight that departs … Read more
AFP / Saeed KHAN In a largest settlement for a corporate penalty, the airline company Qantas has agreed to pay A$20 million to consumers for the sale of over thousands of tickets on already cancelled flights, and A$100 million as civil penalty to the federal government for breach of Australian Consumer Law. According to The … Read more
Qantas’ in-flight and lounge menus are created in partnership with Australian celebrity chef Neil Perry, who was so impressed with the stir-fried black pepper beef in the Qantas Business Lounge that he launched “Chef Linda’s specials” on the debut menu of Qantas First Lounge when it opened in 2019. Dry prawn and pork noodles, prawn … Read more
