Qantas has flagged that it now expects a $2 billion loss for FY 2021. Not surprising as the airline had been hit harder than any other Australian company by COVID-19. Qantas estimates since the start of the pandemic it has lost more than $16bn in revenue, with losses from the previous and the current financial…
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There has not been much good news for Qantas of late culminating in their announced loss of $1 billion for the first 6 months of the financial year announced last month. However, these past few weeks there has been some blue sky for Qantas. First was the Federal Governments post-JobKeeper $1.2 billion aviation and tourism…
Qantas half yearly results are in and the outcome from the COVID-19 pandemic and border closures is ugly. Qantas posted an Underlying net loss of $1.03 billion for the first six months of financial year 2021. To put this in perspective Qantas posted a $771 million profit for the corresponding period in 2020. Qantas’ revenue…
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Alan Joyce has used the airline’s AGM to put unions on notice that he expects employees to be flexible on new work agreements. The Qantas CEO wants cheaper labour to compete with a post-administration Virgin Australia and help offset the severe financial challenges facing the airline. Unions reacted angrily to the demand saying that Qantas…
Qantas is still very much on war footing as it continues to navigate the impacts of COVID-19. One thing you could not accuse Alan Joyce of is procrastinating. Alan Joyce has increased pressure on state premiers over border closures urging 20,000 of its stood-down staff and the airlines 10,000 suppliers to sign a petition calling…
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Alan Joyce was supposed to be celebrating Qantas’ Centenary Year, but the COVID-19 crisis has seen Qantas effectively stalled for the past few months as demand for travel has evaporated. Alan Joyce has just announced details of Qantas’ post COVID-19 recovery plan which are extreme and brutal in terms of cost reductions and job losses.…