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Qantas is trying to navigate a path between reassuring customers it is taking seriously complaints of widespread service problems while telling investors it can contain a surge in costs linked to tight oil supply

Qantas warns rising fuel costs may hit fares

Australia's biggest airline Qantas Airways said today it will spend more than previously planned to improve "customer pain points" but warned spiralling fuel costs may …

Business • 25 Sep

Former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce retired early this month

Ex Qantas CEO Joyce saw pay increase by 872% to $21.4m

Australia's Qantas Airways said its former CEO received a pay increase of 872% as he collected years' worth of long-term incentives on the way out, …

Business • 20 Sep

Alan Joyce was born and raised in Dublin

Dublin-born Qantas chief steps down early

Qantas' veteran chief executive Alan Joyce has announced his early retirement, as Australia's once-loved national carrier faced searing criticism over price gouging and poor service.

World • 05 Sep

Qantas plans to add about 1 million seats to its international network over a 12-month period from October

Qantas to return to 100% of pre-Covid capacity by March

Qantas Airways, Australia's flagship carrier, said today it expects its international capacity to reach about 100% of pre-Covid-19 levels by March 2024, as it plans …

Business • 19 May

Qantas surprises markets with positive update

Qantas Airways today surprised the market with a stronger-than-expected profit forecast that underscored how Asian airlines are recovering from the pandemic at vastly different paces …

Business • 13 Oct 22

Qantas said it remained on track to swing to a profit in the next financial year starting July 1

Qantas to cut domestic capacity amid staffing issues

Australia's Qantas Airways said today it would cut domestic capacity up to March 2023 as it grappled with the higher fuel prices and staffing issues …

Business • 24 Jun 22

Qantas Airways has chosen Airbus as the preferred supplier to replace its domestic fleet in Australia

Qantas to switch domestic fleet to Airbus

Australia's Qantas Airways said today it has chosen Airbus as the preferred supplier to replace its domestic fleet, switching from Boeing in a major win …

Business • 16 Dec 21

Qantas said it would book a loss before tax of more than A$2 billion ($1.5 billion) in the year ending June 30

Qantas accelerates its cost-cutting measures

Qantas Airways has today announced fresh cost-cutting initiatives to help it weather the coronavirus crisis.

Business • 20 May 21

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the airline plans to fly 80% of its pre-pandemic domestic capacity in the quarter ending June 30

Qantas sees domestic leisure travel at pre-Covid levels

Australia's Qantas Airways has seen domestic leisure travel rebound to pre-pandemic levels, but demand in the corporate travel market is lagging about three months behind, …

Business • 14 Apr 21

Qantas swung to a $1.03 billion first-half underlying loss before tax compared with a $771m profit a year earlier

Qantas pushes back international travel target

Qantas Airways said today it had pushed back its target for a widespread resumption of international travel from Australia by four months until the end …

Business • 25 Feb 21

Dubliner Alan Joyce is CEO of Australia's Qantas Airways

Qantas CEO Joyce's pay falls 83% because of pandemic

The total pay for Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce fell by 83% in the financial year ending June 30 because of the impact of …

Business • 18 Sep 20

Australian state border closures hits Qantas recovery

Australia's Qantas Airways said state border closures were severely hampering a recovery in the domestic aviation market, which, alongside its lack of international flying, would …

Business • 20 Aug 20

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the Boeing 747 had helped make international travel more affordable for Australians

Last Qantas 747 leaves Sydney for retirement

Qantas Airways' last Boeing 747 jet drew a kangaroo tail in the sky off the Australian coast as it began its final flight to retirement …

Business • 22 Jul 20

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has agreed to remain at the airline until at least June 2023

Qantas to cut 20% of workforce and raise $1.9 billion

Qantas Airways is axing at least 20% of its workforce and intends to raise up to A$1.9 billion of equity under a sweeping cost-saving plan …

Business • 25 Jun 20

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says the airline wants to get planes back in the sky

Australia's competition regulator to monitor airfares

Australia's competition regulator will monitor domestic airfares and profits for three years, increasing scrutiny as the industry begins a slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic …

Business • 19 Jun 20

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has said that a full recovery in international travel could take years

Qantas secures more funding to wait out Covid-19 crisis

Qantas Airways said today it had secured enough funding to last it through the end of next year, boosting its shares, as it reviews its …

Business • 05 May 20

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is taking a 100% pay cut

Qantas halts international flights until end of May

Qantas Airways said today it will halt all international flights from late March until at least the end of May and is putting two-thirds of …

Business • 19 Mar 20

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the Airbus A350 is 'a fantastic aircraft'

Qantas selects Airbus for world's longest flights

Australia's Qantas Airways has picked Airbus over Boeing as the preferred supplier for jets capable of the world's longest commercial flights from Sydney to London, …

Business • 13 Dec 19

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce completed a 19 hour, 19 minute flight from London to Sydney

Qantas chief in no rush to decide ultra long-haul plans

Qantas Airways may not place an order for planes capable of non-stop London-Sydney flights until early next year, the airline's chief executive said today.

Business • 15 Nov 19

The flight crew chosen to fly from New York to Sydney

Longest non-stop flight takes off from US to Sydney

A plane and its passengers are set to test the mental and physical limits of long-haul aviation when Qantas operates the first direct flight by …

Business • 18 Oct 19

Qantas said it expected an underlying profit of between $300-$350m in the last six months of 2014

Embattled Qantas flags profit turnaround

Embattled Australian carrier Qantas said it had turned the corner after a major shake-up to stem losses.

Business • 08 Dec 14

Qantas set to cut 15% of its workforce in effort to reduce costs

Qantas plans to cut costs by $2 billion

Qantas Airways is axing 15% of its workforce, slashing spending and selling older planes after stiff competition at home and overseas.

Business • 27 Feb 14

Qantas posted a first-half net loss of AU$235m

Australian airline Qantas to cut 5,000 jobs

Australian airline Qantas said tonight it is to cut 5,000 jobs in a major restructure.

News • 26 Feb 14

Shares in Qantas fall by 15% after it issues a profit warning

Qantas issues profit warning

Qantas Airways has warned that it expects to post an underlying pre-tax loss between $250m and $300m for the first half of the current year.

Business • 05 Dec 13

Qantas Airways posts $257m annual loss

Qantas Airways reported a A$245m annual loss in profits, hurt by rising fuel prices, a series of strikes that temporarily grounded its fleet and its …

Business • 23 Aug 12