Virgin Australia confirmed what is only the first substantial addition of wide-bodied A330 capacity to key interstate markets that it will make in the nearer term.
Articles by Ben Sandilands 
Melbourne dreams of new airport but Sydney’s still stuck in gridlock
For Premier Barry O’Farrell, the economic consequences of the weekend announcement by Victoria’s peak business body of its enthusiasm for a third Melbourne airport is probably under acute analysis
If the Brits can speed towards rail connectivity, why can’t we?
The UK government’s decision to go ahead with the first stage of HS2 — a high-speed rail network that would ultimately link Scotland to southern England and the midlands at 400km/h — poses some hard questions for those for and against high-speed rail in Australia. For those in favour of a similar route structure in on the eastern seaboard, linking […]
Everyone might get what they want in Qantas dispute
Job security at Qantas was supposed to be impossible to guarantee. It was supposed to be fatal to the airline’s ability to escape from the confines of Australia’s borders and become competitive.
Jetstar stuff-up raises concerns over air safety diligence
Cockpit resource management failures kill people when they go wrong. They are a major cause of air disasters.
An eclipse, when astronomy meets designer drugs
If you had clear skies and thought the total eclipse of the moon looked good early Sunday, then just wait until early morning in far north Queensland and parts of Arnhem Land on November 14 next year.
Asian airlines throw spanners into Qantas works
Events during the past 24 hours are not proving kind to Qantas’ ambitions in Asia. Vietnam Airlines and Malaysia Airlines have thrown spanners in the works.
Booked a holiday with Qantas? Looks as if your booking is safe
Many things about the future of Qantas are never going to be decided today, but your holiday bookings on that airline look safe, no matter what.
Alan Joyce faces fire in Senate grilling
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce faces a huge task to rebuild his credibility after a morning of intense questioning before a Senate inquiry.
Qantas v Virgin: prepare to be bribed with bonuses
Qantas now has a real threat to deal with — Virgin Australia, with its bigger, cheaper business-class seats, real meals in economy class, lounges with food and seats for everyone. With lower fares.
Post-grounding, now it’s the Qantas-Virgin bidding war
Qantas and its natural enemy, Virgin Australia, are rolling out a massive and costly bidding war to retain or gain the customers that matter, the ones who fly frequently.
Union stirs up new turbulence for Qantas
With the Qantas lockout of more than 80,000 customers without notice coming to an end this afternoon, the dispute that a 2am Fair Work Australia ruling appeared to solve is already hitting new turbulence.
Qantas AGM turns into a ferocious showdown
With calls to save Qantas from “Asianisation” outside, and at times angry attacks on management defence of its decisions inside, the Qantas AGM turned nasty.
Qantas, safety body at odds over ‘wheels up’ approach
Qantas and safety investigator the ATSB have disagreed over an incident in which a Qantas 767 Cityflyer descended to 500 feet radio altitude with its wheels still up a mere 1500 metres north of Sydney Airport.
Qantas strikes: the players, who’s right and where will it end?
With the PM Julia Gillard and the Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson threatening to heavy the Qantas unions, what is going on in the disputes, and how did we get here?
Qantas grounds jets as the highway becomes a traveller option
Qantas is grounding five domestic jets (four 737s and one 767) from Monday, effectively cancelling 97 flights a week in a move its group CEO Alan Joyce says will allow it to maintain schedule reliability across the rest of its network.
Qantas v unions: a last minute reprieve for passengers
There are three sets of actions underway at Qantas authorized by Fair Work Australia after the respective unions met all of the tests of negotiating in good faith with management in seeking timely negotiated enterprise bargaining outcomes.
Nobel winner puts pressure on lazy reporting
Brian Schmidt, the Australian National University astrophysicist who became a brilliant new star overnight when named a joint Nobel Prize science winner should also get an award for putting pressure on lazy science reporting.
Melbourne-Sydney rail line littered with red flags
The Australian Transport Safety Board has signaled serious concerns about the safety of the main Melbourne-Sydney rail line less than two months after launching a systemic inquiry into its operations.
Looks to be service as normal, despite Qantas, TWU predictions
There is this morning no sign that anyone flying later today or over this holiday weekend is going to experience anything remotely as serious as the dire predictions that have been made.
Qantas protests nationally over an international dilemma
Most passengers who want to fly the flag to London for the Olympics next year won’t get the chance to fly Qantas, as it has cut its Heathrow airport access in half to divert resources into a new brand Q airline venture somewhere in Asia.
Why political strangulation of Sydney Airport is a farce
At Sydney Airport, jets are being told to stay on the ground, ready to take off, waiting 20 minutes or more, because the airport has exceeded its politically imposed capacity for airliner movements.
Ansett 10 years on — myths of the collapse continue
Ten years to the day that Ansett collapsed, some of the myths about one of Australia’s highest-profile corporate collapses persist.
Will Singapore Airlines cut its losses by teaming with Virgin?
The disastrous commercial consequences of the July grounding for Singapore Airlines’ 32.9% stake in Tiger Australia has added strength to the speculation of a tie-up with Virgin Australia.
