Qantas announced today it would increase capacity between Perth and the Western Australian mining and resource destinations of Karratha, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland from later this month.
Qantas Regional General Manager Western Australia, Mr Ian Gay, said the additional services were a response to increased demand from the mining and energy sectors

QantasLink today announced an expanded flying schedule covering a number of regional NSW ports from March 2010, as the airline takes delivery of its 19th 74-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
QantasLink Executive Manager, Mr Narendra Kumar, said QantasLink was pleased to be able to offer additional Q400 aircraft and services to regional NSW customers.
“The Q400 is the [...]

Qantas today re-affirmed its commitment to being Australia’s leader in airline on time performance.
Data released by the Federal Government’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) today confirmed Qantas led the industry in on time domestic departures and arrivals in nine months out of 12 in 2009, and also had the lowest overall flight [...]

Qantas said today it remained confident in its investment in Vietnam’s Jetstar Pacific and in the airline’s maintenance and safety record.
Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Mr Alan Joyce, said a Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) report on Jetstar Pacific identified a number of administrative and quality issues related to the airline’s operations.
“We remain confident in [...]

In a world first for low cost airlines, Jetstar and AirAsia announced today they would form a new alliance that would reduce costs, pool expertise and ultimately result in cheaper fares for both carriers.
The alliance brings together the Asia Pacific’s two leading low cost, low fare carriers and will focus on a range of major [...]

Melbourne, 22 December 2009
Qantas announced today it had taken delivery of its fifth new A380 aircraft, with a sixth to arrive in coming days, and would commence A380 services between Melbourne and London via Singapore on 18 January, 2010.
Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Mr Alan Joyce, said the arrival of the airline’s fifth A380 yesterday, and [...]

Sydney, 21 December 2009
Qantas announced today that, as a result of improving demand, it would begin increasing capacity across a range of domestic routes from 29 March 2010.
Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Mr Alan Joyce, said the move would see the airline add more than 340,000 seats over the following 12 months