A $16m payment to former Qantas’ chief executive officer Alan Joyce is up in the air after the national carrier called in an independent consultant to review whether the payment should be made. The Australian reported Qantas hired former Boston Consulting Group adviser Colin Carter to interview senior leaders atContinue Reading
Administrators tasked with finding a buyer for embattled airline Bonza say they had “no choice’ but to terminate more than 300 staff. Bonza was placed into voluntary administration in April after lessors seized its fleet of four Boeing 737 MAX 8s, sparking chaos for passengers. More than 300 staff wereContinue Reading
Half the number of Chinese travellers are coming to Australia than before the pandemic. The stark figures are a major concern for the tourism industry, given Chinese visitors injected more than $12 billion into the Australian economy in 2019. Qantas announced last week it would be scrapping its Sydney toContinue Reading
A Qantas flight from Melbourne has been diverted over regional Western Australia after a mechanical issue. QF1050 departed Melbourne-Tullamarine airport shortly after 9am on Wednesday, but was diverted before reaching its destination of Broome in WA. According to online tracker Flightaware, the Boeing 737-800 instead landed in Karratha, about 800kmContinue Reading
Western Australian Treasurer Rita Saffioti will hand down her first state budget on Thursday, where she is expected to deliver the state’s seventh straight year surplus. The mid-year budget review in December forecast a $3.7bn surplus, but that could be even higher thanks largely to the income from iron oreContinue Reading
Qantas will pay out up to $450 in compensation to customers affected by its flight cancellation policy, after the airline admitted it had misled passengers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched legal action against the airline in August 2023, claiming it sold tickets for 8000 “ghost flights” betweenContinue Reading
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Malcolm Turnbull offered him his blessing to go for the top job during the infamous “spill week” of August 2018 that ended Mr Turnbull’s government and thrust Mr Morrison to the height of power. The startling claim appears in Mr Morrison’s soon to beContinue Reading
Qantas has moved to temporarily stop direct flights from Perth to London amid international fears of an Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel. The airline says flights between the two cities will continue, but flight paths will be adjusted due to security threats in the Middle East. The QF9 flight hasContinue Reading
The housemates of a Sydney man allegedly murdered along with his partner by a serving police officer and left in the courtyard of their inner-city home have moved out. Police allege Jesse Baird, 26, and partner Luke Davies, 29, were murdered by NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon at Mr Baird’sContinue Reading
A Qantas flight attendant who punched her 50-year-old co-worker after finding out she had been sleeping with her ex-partner left injuries that were so bad doctors had to insert titanium screws into the victim’s face. Arabella Kimberly Mai Lansdown wiped away tears upon learning her career as a flight attendantContinue Reading