Changes coming to Qantas as the airline sacks 100 staff and tries to cut costs

Huge changes coming to Qantas as the airline sacks 100 more staff and tries to cut costs as it reels from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic Qantas is permanently closing all service and sales desks in airports and lounges Airline confirmed the changes on Friday, leaving customers to deal with issues Staffed check-ins will … Read more

Qantas increase number of flights from New South Wales to Victoria amid the border announcement

Qantas increase number of flights from New South Wales to Victoria amid the border announcement Qantas and Jetstar to offer more flights between New South Wales and Victoria Only 10 flights a week running between Melbourne and Sydney in the shutdown Qantas will offer 75 return flights a week between two cities from November 23 … Read more

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce predicts flying kangaroo will have 70 per cent share of domestic flights

Qantas boss Alan Joyce hints the flying kangaroo will be in a position to charge customers more as state borders reopen Qantas CEO Alan Joyce predicts his airline will have 70 per cent market share This will occur as its rival Virgin Australia shrinks to survive under ex-Jetstar boss Mr Joyce said state borders reopening … Read more

What makes you ‘rich’ in Australia in 2020? People share the signs you’re wealthy in modern times

People have shared the signs that you’re ‘rich’ in Australia in 2020, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said last week that an Australian making $180,000 a year is not rich. Men and women posted on Facebook, where they shared the most common wealth signs of the modern age – which include buying Sirena tuna, flying Qantas … Read more

Coronavirus: Thousands of Australians stranded in UK and India are set to return home

Thousands of Australians stranded in the UK and India are set to be rescued with Qantas charter flights and taken to Howard Springs for two weeks of quarantine By Charlie Moore, Political Reporter For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:00 BST, 15 October 2020 | Updated: 06:02 BST, 15 October 2020 Thousands of Australians stranded in … Read more

Sold out flight touring Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Gold Coast and Uluru jets away from Sydney

‘Flight to nowhere’ that sold out in 10 MINUTES takes off carrying 150 desperate-to-fly passengers over iconic Australian landmarks – before returning back to where it started A Qantas ‘flight to nowhere’ has jetted off from Sydney on Saturday morning   The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will fly over Australian landmarks in scenic route  Passengers snapped up … Read more

Domestic flight routes helping Australians enjoy a holiday despite border closures 

REVEALED: The new flight routes helping Aussies enjoy a holiday despite border closures Regional flight routes experiencing popularity surge among domestic travellers  Trips within Queensland and Western Australia are Qantas’ most popular routes Brisbane-Cairns was up 13 places to first during the September school holidays  Second was Perth to Broome, up eighteen places, amid WA … Read more

Qantas wins legal battle against union after airline stood down hundreds of engineers without pay

Qantas wins legal battle against union after the airline stood down hundreds of engineers without pay when the pandemic began and flights ground to a halt A trade union has lost court battle against Qantas over engineer stand-downs  Airline has been affected by COVID-19 border closures and flight caps  Hundreds of engineers were among 20,000 … Read more

Frequent flyers show off their old Qantas bar carts after purchasing them online

Frequent flyers have been showing off their Qantas bar carts from the iconic Boeing 474 aircraft after Australia’s national carrier sold 1,000 of them to cut costs during COVID-19. Members of the Frequent Flyers Australia Facebook group have been waiting to receive the fully stocked drink trolleys since they went on sale in September – … Read more

Flights to New Zealand go on sale as Australia reopens its borders to international travellers

Flights from New Zealand go on sale as Australia starts to reopen its borders to international travellers – but a holiday across the ditch will cost far more than ever before New Zealand families could spend almost $10,000 to have a holiday in Australia Qantas charges a families of four $4,862 to fly from Auckland to Sydney … Read more

Qantas is selling its old drink trolleys stocked with mini bottles of wine and bar snacks

Qantas is now selling its old drink trolleys stocked to the brim with mini bottles of red and white wine, Champagne, and bar snacks. The vintage bar carts were removed from the airline’s iconic Boeing 747 aircraft after operating for almost 50 years before retiring in July. The airline open its memorabilia storage shed to … Read more

Jetstar launches ‘flash sale’ and Virgin increases flights around Australia as borders reopen

Jetstar launches $59 ‘flash sale’ and Virgin increases flights to celebrate the reopening of borders – here is where you can fly to Jetstar will offer 5,000 airfares between Sydney and Adelaide for just $59 It comes as borders reopened between SA and NSW, along with QLD and ACT Qantas and Jetstar will offer several … Read more