Have four employees of Queensland opposition leader John-Paul Langbroek’s office been forced out? Also, Qantas re-using their plastic knives and trouble at St George.
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Tips and rumours: Langbroek staff forced out?
Airlines nosedive overseas while Oz planes defy gravity
Australian airlines continue to defy gravity, despite the sharp dives into quarterly losses posted overnight by Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa.
The dawn of the jet age (and Qantas bag)
This afternoon 50 years ago saw the start of the jet age for passengers in Australia, and on the Pacific. Ben Sandilands, the last full-time shipping cadet at The Sydney Morning Herald, reflects.
Boeing’s hopes for its Dreamliner are turning into nightmares
The Dreamliner 787 is now in limbo: a family of jets for which there is no first flight date, no flight testing and certification schedule, and no performance parameters for the airlines that ordered them.
Tiger will push Qantas to eat its own
Tiger’s move on the key Sydney-Melbourne route will force big changes at Qantas.
Qantas and Virgin go to war with Tiger
Qantas and Virgin Blue are being forced into a full-scale fare war with Tiger Airways, after the The Singapore Airlines-controlled low cost announced it is more than doubling its Sydney-Melbourne flights to up to nine daily returns from 4 October.
Anti-censorship ad hits turbulence
Qantas refuses to run GetUp’s new anti-censorship ad that lampoons the government’s net filters while GlaxoSmithKline says they may sue over its infringement on the ‘Sensodyne’ trademark, reports Asher Moses.
Air war over the Pacific and Atlantic routes
Just how far can airlines go in cooperative joint ventures, marketing alliances, or route mergers?
Union had better back big safety claims against Qantas
Did Qantas last June allow a Boeing 767 which had experienced severe turbulence before landing at Cairns continue its journey without completing all of the mandatory inspections required?
Virgin vs Kangaroos: a bums on seats comparison
Ben Sandilands looks at the bums on seats on Virgin and Qantas planes in a side-by-side comparison.
Morning Market Report: Retailers flying on profit upgrade from David Jones
David Jones now expects a rise of 8-12% from its previous guidance of 0-5% thanks to improved trading conditions in the last couple of months.
International carrier bloodbath: Qantas slows
International travel at the moment is a mutually destructive blood bath for carriers world-wide, with none of the major global airlines nor the two Australian flag carrier international routes expected to generate profits in the second half of this calendar year.
Qantas flies away from Dreamliner deal. What next?
Having canceled 15 Dreamliners, Qantas is working out how to fill any gaps left by a 787 situation that is now looking worse by the day.
Qantas’ lucky escape from a British Airways merger
Qantas’s infatuation with a merger with British Airways late last year has been shown up as the aviation equivalent of buying the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Fire on a Jetstar flight put out textbook style
If you are going to have a fire on an airliner at cruising altitude, having it right beside the first officer who is already waiting with a fire extinguisher is the best place for it.
MacBank promises much, but fails to deliver, again
Yesterday Macquarie were embarrassed when their ham-fisted attempt to gazump the China Minmetals’ cash offer for assets in OZ Minerals, fell over, again in an embarrassing fashion.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Qantas responds to Crikey about inflight news censoring
Qantas does not seek to influence Channel Nine’s on air content. We do exercise this right of veto for items we believe may distress or offend our passengers, writes Michael Freedman.
Qantas: Big Brother or nanny jet?
The Qantas “nanny jet” syndrome struck again as all references to the Air France disaster were censored from its Channel Nine news package.
CASA air safety and regulation ruin
Air safety and its regulation in FNQ have been in disgrace for years, writes Ben Sandilands.
Nine News censor plane disaster story to protect Qantas
Nine News didn’t mention the major story of the Air France disaster in their morning news bulletin because the programme is also shown on Qantas flights throughout that day, reports mUmBRELLA.
Qantas-Woolworths loyalty monopoly
The long previewed points earning linkage between Woolworths and Qantas gets yet another media launch today, this time with a start date and some interesting extra spin.
Morning Market Report: A quiet start to the week
The market is up 34, while the Dow is up 96.
Virgin pressure on Qantas mounts
The latest traffic figures for Qantas continue to pile the pressure on to its full service domestic product, which is losing altitude steeply as Virgin Blue, its own Jetstar and Tiger all continue to grow strongly at its expense.
Want leg room? Well pay for it, says Qantas
The days of queuing up early at Qantas check-in counters to try and score an exit row seat on long international flights are soon to end.
Qantas beware: Virgins running amok!
Virgin Blue is leading Qantas on domestic routes in the latest traffic figures posted to the ASX this morning and it is clear Qantas has to do something to stay competitive.
