Articles tagged “qantas”

On today’s podcast we discuss Accor Hotels’ new focus, a hiring crisis in U.S. air traffic control, and Qantas’ long-haul wishes.

If you believe the marketing hype, Qantas’ new Project Sunrise flights will “overcome the tyranny of distance.” Before it does that, it has another challenge to tackle back on terra firma – aircraft manufacturing delays.

As labor negotiations restart, Finnair management is raising the stakes. The threat of pilot redundancies will be front of mind when further talks begin next week.

Think quiet quitting is just for employees? Think again. In 2024, many of the world's biggest airlines are making a low-key withdrawal from China. We find out why.

Qatar’s stake in Virgin Australia could revive international flying for the carrier and increase competition in the Australian market.

Turkish Airlines will land in Sydney for the first time in December, but this is just the warm-up act. Expect things to get really interesting once the company gets new planes capable of flying from Istanbul to Australia non-stop.

Ten years ago Qantas was struggling. Dangerously thin profits, if not outright losses in some periods, drove its then-CEO Alan Joyce to undertake controversial cost-cutting measures. Fast forward to 2024, and Qantas is earning higher margins now than before the pandemic.

The prospect of a level-headed and sustainable competitor entering the Australian market is exciting, but a huge number of unknowns makes it near-impossible to predict Koala Airlines' chances in the wild. 

Today's podcast looks at airports' tech tune-ups, Quantas' all-new aircraft, and Scotland's first tourist tax.

Qantas is the latest big-name airline to switch from Boeing to Airbus for its next generation of planes. Despite huge retraining and operational complexities, the carrier is betting that the short-term pain will pay off handsomely.