It is rare for Qantas to reveal the performance of its passenger-carrying brands in isolation from each other. The current financial situation is so bad it threatens the very existence of Qantas as a group, says its CEO.
Delta Airlines
Virgin-Delta deal leaves Qantas at sixes and sevens over no 777s
Qantas finds itself surrounded on the once lucrative routes between Australia and the US by airlines that are capitalising on the biggest fleet blunder it ever made, in choosing NOT to buy Boeing 777s.
Qantas does Dallas (and it hopes, the Virgins)
Qantas played the American Airlines alliance card hard today when it announced it would stop flying to San Francisco in favour of new flights to Dallas/Fort Worth.
The Singapore girl helps Virgin sing the Delta blues
Virgin Blue has two weeks in which to save its “vital” trans-Pacific joint venture with Delta Airlines from US disapproval, and said this morning “it’s not over yet”.
Pacific bloodbath may continue for Virgin Blue
Bad news this morning for a cornerstone of Virgin Blue’s plans to become a profitable long haul carrier, with the US Department of Transportation proposing to reject its intended trans-Pacific joint venture with Delta, writes Ben Sandilands.
Air war over the Pacific and Atlantic routes
Just how far can airlines go in cooperative joint ventures, marketing alliances, or route mergers?
