Qantas is about to send Australia’s most famous kangaroo into the sky. Skippy has been revealed as one of the eight “Australian icons” to be honoured as the names of the latest Qantas Dreamliner fleet. Travellers can also look forward to boarding the flying quokka, boomerang and Waltzing Matilda, The Great Barrier Reef and Uluru,…
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Qantas is forecasting another strong profit for its financial year 2017 because of domestic growth and improved international market conditions. In its latest financial update, Qantas estimates a profit of between $1.35–$1.4 billion. This would be a decline from the A$1.53 billion profit in the previous year, although it would still represent the second-largest result…
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Qantas has introduced direct flights from Perth to London with tickets on sale now for flights in 2018. Qantas will be using the new Boeing 787’s and this will be the third longest route in the world. Qantas is hoping to be able to offer non-stop flights from Sydney to London within the next 5…
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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has renewed the push for ‘seamless’ travel between Australia and New Zealand which would make crossing the Tasman no different to crossing into another Australian state. This would mean no passports, no immigration or customs checks. The Qantas chief claims that it would boost tourism as well as making it easier…
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Qantas’ Half Yearly report is in and their results are very good. Qantas reported an underlying profit of $852 million for the 6 months to December 31st. This was down 7.5% on last year. However, considering the tough economic conditions this was a terrific result and showed Qantas’ resilience. Bearing in mind its main competitors…