With Singapore blocked off, Qantas is getting creative with its London service, bypassing other countries all together in favor of a technical stop at a historic Australian airport. Nonstop Service…From Darwin To London Heathrow Qantas 1/2, its flagship nonstop...
Qantas Wants To Crush Virgin Australia Once And For All
Troubled Virgin Australia has asked the Australian government for a financial lifeline. Qantas has aggressively responded, denouncing a government bailout for a “badly managed” company and arguing for a “survival of the fittest” model as the economy enters recession....
Should This Model Have Been Denied Access To Qantas Lounge?
First it was ugg boots, now it is fitness attire. Qantas is in the news again over its comparatively strict lounge dress code. Does this dress code discriminate on the basis of sex? Should an American fitness model have...
Another Cautionary Tale On Entrusting Your Pet To An Airline
A dog owner is grieving in Australia after her dog died on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Brisbane. But why was a high-risk dog entrusted to Qantas in the first place? I’m not here to blame the passenger...
Mrs. Christmas Works For Qantas
It’s the most pun-derful time of the year for one Qantas employee in Sydney. Meet Janna Christmas. She was born on December 25th and works for Qantas a customer service agent. “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”...
A Simple Snack On Qantas
Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago. A simple...
Qantas Rejects “Project Sunrise” Bids From Both Airbus And Boeing
Nice try, but back to the drawing board…So says Qantas, after rejecting initial bids from both Airbus and Boeing to service its new ultra-longhaul destinations. Back in August, both Airbus and Boeing submitted their “best and final” offers to...
Qantas Will Bankroll Defamation Lawsuit After American Rapper Accuses Flight Attendant of Racism
Qantas is standing firmly behind its flight attendant against a charge of racism by American rapper William Adams, popularly known as will.i.am. Adams, of the Black Eyed Peas group, was on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney and alleges...
The Melodramatic “Guinea Pigs” On 19.5-Hour Qantas Flight…
A small cadre of travel journalists and bloggers was invited to take part on the 19.5-hour nonstop from New York to Sydney on Friday. I’m chuckling at how seriously some of them took it. Angus Whitley of Forbes flew...
Qantas Will Operate New York To Sydney Nonstop On Friday
Qantas will attempt to fly nonstop from New York to Sydney on Friday, a flight of nearly 20 hours. As Qantas continues to consider nonstop service from Sydney to London and New York, it still has many kinks to...
Why Fiji Airways Is Angry At “Aggressive” Qantas
Fiji Airways is angry at Qantas, the Australian airline that owns a 46% stake in it. Is the anger justified or just another example of protectionism? Earlier this year, Qantas started flying 4x/week between Sydney and Nadi, Fiji, the...
Qantas Frequent Flyer: What You Need To Know About 2019 Changes
Qantas unveiled “the biggest overhaul to the airline’s loyalty program in its 32 year history” earlier today in Sydney. But put simply, the changes are not as draconian as I feared. Here’s how Qantas spins the “major initiatives” members...
