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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

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Qantas said today that industrial action by British Airways (BA) cabin crew from 22 December would have no impact on Qantas operations between Australia and the United Kingdom. Qantas Group Executive Government and Corporate Affairs, Mr David Epstein, said the airline’s first priority was to its customers, including those booked on codeshare services operated by [...]

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Qantas today unveiled a new security screening facility at its domestic terminal in Perth, part of the airline’s $75 million terminal upgrade program. Qantas Regional General Manager for Western Australia, Mr Ian Gay, said the new facility would reduce congestion and waiting times around the screening point, and deliver greater speed and ease for customers [...]

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Qantas today unveiled one of its first ever Qantas Socceroos Boeing 747-400 aircraft, painted in the colours of the team with a good luck message, at Melbourne Airport in preparation for the FIFA World Cup in 2010. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the new Qantas Socceroos aircraft shows the company’s support for the Socceroos in [...]

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Qantas today announced it would employ 100 engineering apprentices in February 2010, a $28 million investment to support fleet growth and to skill its engineering business for the future. The new employees will commence in February, as part of Australia’s largest civil aviation apprentice program. Qantas currently employs 286 apprentices, increasing to 380 by February [...]

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Qantas today marked 50 years since it operated the world’s first commercial passenger jet service across the Pacific. Flight EM774, the first to be operated by Qantas’ new Boeing 707 aircraft, departed Sydney Airport at 3.35pm on 29 July 1959, bound for San Francisco, via Nadi and Honolulu. Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Mr Alan Joyce, [...]

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