“Bonjour” Qantas! This might be the greeting Qantas gets next year when its direct flights from Perth to Paris start operating. After its offering to London and Rome, now it’s the time for the French capital to be added to Qantas network. A partnership with WA Tourism this will boost WA tourism and allow Aussies to get to Paris faster.
Qantas at 80% pre-pandemic capacity announcing additional flights to several destinations. On a week tainted by scandal with the airline being sued by the ACCC and also embroiled in a competition scandal, this seems to be an oasis for Qantas news.
Qantas boosts engineering training in Australia with its brand new Qantas Group Engineering Academy. The academy will have a campus in Brisbane and Melbourne and will be training new engineers for Qantas and other airlines.
Qantas supports World Pride and hosts a special flight from the U.S. to Australia in time for the World Pride Festival and Mardi Gras, in Sydney. To add to that the special flight was also an environmentally friendly one.
Rex strengthens competition with Qantas. Both airlines have been in very fierce competition for a while. Rex has been expanding and creating routes between the major cities, usually served by Qantas. This started right after the pandemic and has continued until today. In response, Qantas also started flying to smaller cities, that were usually in …
Qantas scraps its first A380. Australian Aviation published an article in June this year, showing a picture taken by a Twitter user, that confirmed that the first Qantas A380 has already been scraped. The photo, apparently taken in the Victorville boneyard, shows the plane without its nose. A sad confirmation that the super jumbo has …
Qantas Group recognised internationally. According to Airline Ratings Qantas Group has won major awards for 2021. In the article, Airline Ratings refers to Qantas as the “world oldest continuously operating and most experienced airline”. It is no secret that the Flying Kangaroo has been well known for its excellence, safety and excellent pilot training. Qantas …
Choice complained to the ACCC about Qantas. An Australian Aviation article reports that the ACCC had opened a public consultation after being reported on the media that people where having issues redeeming their flight credits. Those reports claimed that prices for tickets purchased with these credits doubled recently. Apparently, Qantas has denied such allegations claiming …
The sun is rising for Qantas. Last week, Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce, has announced its “Project Sunrise”. This is a major step for the Australian flag carrier, but it is also a major step for aviation. The airline is going through a major renovation of its fleet that will bring comfort, environment and innovation to …
Qantas boosts pilot training with its new simulator facility in Brisbane. In a press release published on the 31st of Januar, the airline announced its new pilot training facility in Brisbane, with a capacity to train 900 pilots a year. This is great news for Qantas, once called the safest airline in the world and …
