All Qantas articles – Page 10
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Corrosion and cracking led to Qantas A380 engine shutdown
An in-flight engine shutdown involving a Qantas Airbus A380 on 20 May 2017 has been traced back to cracking caused by corrosion resulting from cleaning chemical residues in one of its Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines.
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OpinionOPINION: Alliance power-play as Al Baker vents his frustrations
Irritations with partner airlines have prompted Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker to question the value of being in a global alliance. Frustrated by what he sees as obstructive behaviour by Oneworld partners American Airlines and Qantas, he is threatening to withdraw the carrier unless things change.
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Qantas, KLM ink codesharing pact
Qantas and KLM have signed a codesharing agreement, with ticket sales to start on 1 November.
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Frustrated Al Baker threatens Qatar Oneworld withdrawal
Qatar Airways will pull out of the Oneworld alliance if certain partner airlines continue with unfounded accusations and blocking tactics, warns group chief executive Akbar Al Baker.
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Qantas picks Wellcamp airport for first pilot training campus
Qantas will open the first campus of its pilot academy at Toowoomba’s Wellcamp airport in mid-2019.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cathay and Qantas are the best of frenemies
The icy relationship between two bedrock members of the Oneworld alliance appears to have thawed, with Qantas and Cathay Pacific to start codesharing on each other’s services from the start of the northern winter season.
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Cathay Pacific and Qantas to start codesharing
Oneworld alliance partners Cathay Pacific and Qantas will start a codeshare partnership on 28 October, covering two Australia-Hong Kong routes, services from Hong Kong to Asia, and some Australian domestic routes.
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American and Qantas threaten cuts without joint venture
American Airlines and Qantas Airways are threatening further schedule reductions between Australia and the USA if the latter does not grant them antitrust immunity for a joint venture.
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Tony Tyler to join Qantas board
Former IATA chief executive Tony Tyler will join the board of Qantas as a non-executive director in October.
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Qantas eyes new fleet renewal, bats away capex concerns
Qantas asserts that it can renew its entire fleet and keep within its capital expenditure guidance, and admittied that it is evaluating new narrowbody and regional jets.
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Qantas eyes regulatory, labour issues for Project Sunrise
Qantas believes that Airbus and Boeing can deliver an aircraft capable of meeting its ‘Project Sunrise’ requirement for ultra-long-haul routes, with the focus now on required changes to regulations and its agreement with pilots.
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Qantas looks to further international improvement in 2019
Qantas anticipates stronger results from its international network over the next fiscal year, when most of the benefits of its Perth-London flights and the focus on Singapore as a major overseas hub start to flow.
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Qantas full-year profit rises 14% on stronger demand
Qantas’s underlying profit before tax for the 2018 fiscal year grew 14% to A$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) as rising demand helped offset growing fuel costs.
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Poor separation by ATC led to close call at Melbourne
Two Qantas Boeing 737-800s involved in simultaneous go-arounds at Melbourne airport came within 0.9nm (1.2km) of each other on 5 July 2015 as the tower controller was not able to maintain separation between them.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Just two women among the chiefs of top 100 airlines
Weeks after Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker stoked controversy with his "joke" at the IATA AGM that his airline had to be led by a man, FlightGlobal's latest survey of gender diversity in the industry shows that the number of female chief executives among the top 100 carriers ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Virgin Australia takes second helping in Hong Kong
Virgin Australia's entry onto the prime Sydney-Hong Kong route is likely to be a success thanks to capacity constraints, growing demand and a little help from its friends.
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QantasLink rolls out refreshed Q300
QantasLink has completed its first cabin refurbishment on a Bombardier Q300, as part of a programme that will cover its fleet of 45 turboprops.
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Airbus prepares to take on Qantas 'Sunrise' challenge with A350
Airbus is working to extract even more range from the A350 family as it prepares to respond to the Qantas "Project Sunrise" request for an ultra-long-range aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: SIA's fleet transformation taking shape
Singapore Airlines’ fleet is gradually changing its focus onto the Boeing 787-10 and the Airbus A350-900, as the remainder of 2018 begins the ramp-up of new aircraft deliveries.
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Closer inspection interval detected cracking on 747 pylon
Qantas’s decision to halve the time between inspections on the engine pylons of its Boeing 747-400 fleet allowed it to detect fatigue cracking before it became a safety issue.