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Qantas trims executive bonuses by 15% over cyber attack

Australia's Qantas Airways has cut short-term bonuses for its top executives and chief executive by 15% in fiscal 2025 after a cyber hack earlier this year exposed millions of customer records, the company's annual report showed today.

Business • 05 Sep

Qantas to pay record fine of $90m for Covid sackings

A court has ordered Australia's largest airline, Qantas Airways, to pay a record fine of A$90m ($58.64m) for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff during the Covid-19 pandemic and criticised it for a lack of contrition.

Business • 18 Aug

6 million Qantas customer accounts accessed in cyber hack

A cyber hacker broke into a database containing the personal information of millions of customers, Qantas said, in Australia's biggest breach in years and a setback for an airline rebuilding trust after a reputational crisis.

Business • 02 Jul

Qantas is cutting its former CEO Alan Joyce's exit bonuses by A$9.3m

Qantas cuts former CEO's exit pay after governance report

Australia's Qantas said it was cutting its former CEO's exit bonuses by A$9.3m after an external review found him responsible for measures alienating travellers, employees and shareholders in the COVID era and beyond.

Business • 08 Aug 24

Qantas was sued last August by the ACCC, which had alleged that in some cases, the airline's flights were on sale for several weeks after cancellation

Qantas to pay $66 million in flight cancellation case

Australian airline Qantas Airways has said that it had agreed to pay a penalty of A$100 million (€61m) to settle a lawsuit that accused it of illegally selling thousands of tickets for flights that had already been cancelled.

World • 06 May 24

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 force it to raise fares from already-elevated levels.

Business • 25 Sep 23

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, but added it was cutting and withholding hefty bonuses amid damaging lawsuits.

Business • 20 Sep 23

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 23

Qantas said it had overhauled its guidelines to make uniforms more comfortable for staff from 'diverse cultural backgrounds'

Australia's Qantas drops gender based uniform rules

Australia's national airline said today that it will scrap its gender-based uniform guidelines, allowing male cabin crew to wear make-up and giving women the option to ditch high heels.

Business • 09 Jun 23

The freighters will join another three A321s already in the airline's domestic cargo fleet

Qantas expanding Australia freight fleet to meet demand

Australia's Qantas Airways has said it will add six Airbus A321 converted freighters to its domestic fleet to replace five ageing Boeing 737s and expand capacity to meet a surge in demand from online shopping.

Aviation • 15 Aug 22

Factors in Airbus's favour in recent months have included a gradual thawing of relations between French and Dutch arms of the airline group and tensions over recent Boeing 787 delays

Airbus lands Air France-KLM jet order

Airbus has completed a triple crown of aircraft orders at the expense of rival Boeing today with a deal to supply 100 narrowbody jets to Air France-KLM subsidiaries in the airline group's largest purchase based on number of jets.

Business • 17 Dec 21

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 for the European planemaker.

Business • 16 Dec 21

There will be exemptions for those who are unable to be vaccinated based on documented medical reasons, which it said was expected to be very rare

Qantas says all employees must have vaccine

Qantas Airways said it would require all of its employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as part of its broader commitment to safety, in line with some other airlines globally.

Business • 18 Aug 21

Qantas said it had gone from operating almost 100% of its pre-Covid domestic flying capacity in May to less than 40% in July

Qantas stands down 2,500 staff over Sydney lockdown

Qantas is standing down about 2,500 employees without pay for at least two months in a bid to cope with fresh Covid-19 restrictions in Australia slashing domestic travel demand.

Business • 03 Aug 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 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 of October, when the country's vaccination programme is expected to conclude.

Business • 25 Feb 21

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 prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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 and Virgin Australia seeks a buyer.

Business • 19 Jun 20

Qantas has said it was reviewing its fleet with the expectation that most international travel could take years to rebound

Qantas pauses plane deliveries from Airbus, Boeing

Qantas Airways said today that it had advised Airbus and Boeing that it did not expect to take delivery of any new planes in the near term as it grapples with a plunge in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Business • 11 May 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 fleet with the expectation that most international travel could take years to rebound.

Business • 05 May 20

More than 10 parties have already expressed interest in recapitalising Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia appoints administrator to find buyer

Virgin Australia Holdings has today succumbed to third-party led restructuring that could lead to a sale, making Australia's second-biggest airline the Asia-Pacific region's biggest victim of the coronavirus crisis gripping the industry.

Business • 21 Apr 20

Cathay Pacific Airways is to slash passenger capacity by 96%, and possibly more in April and May

Governments offer financial lifelines to airlines

Shattered airlines were left counting the cost of government support as politicians in the US and New Zealand set out conditions for bailouts needed to absorb the shock of coronavirus.

Business • 20 Mar 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 its workforce on leave after Australia told citizens not to travel overseas due to the coronavirus.

Business • 19 Mar 20

Qantas boss, Irishman Alan Joyce, told staff this is the single biggest shock that global aviation has ever experienced

Aviation battles coronavirus cash crunch

Boeing and other U.S. aviation companies are seeking billions of dollars in aid as they battle to survive a plunge in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, while Airbus is pausing production at two sites to bolster health and safety measures.

Business • 17 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, dealing the US planemaker its latest setback this year.

Business • 13 Dec 19