Coronavirus Australia: 30k Qantas staff to take unpaid leave

Qantas has told two thirds of their 30,000 staff members to stand down until May as the coronavirus pandemic grinds travel to a halt.  The airline released a statement to the ASX saying they are cutting scheduled international flights from late March until May.  It comes after the government’s recommendation that Australians do not travel overseas … Read more

Malaysia Airlines, Qantas and American Airlines win awards for their onboard wine

BEST FIRST-CLASS RED Gold Medal: ANA – Domaine David Duband, Nuit-Saint-Georges Les Pruliers 1er cru 2017, Nuit-Saint-Georges, Burgundy, France Silver Medal: Emirates – Les Forts de Latour 2005, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France Bronze Medal: Qantas – Giant Steps Tarraford Vineyard Syrah 2018, Tarrawarra, Yarra Valley, Australia BEST FIRST-CLASS WHITE Gold Medal: Qantas – Shaw + Smith … Read more

World’s Safest Airlines 2020: Qantas tops list of 400 carriers

The 20 safest airlines in the world revealed: Qantas is No1 with Virgin Atlantic, Alaska and Hawaiian also in the ranking AirlineRatings.com revealed the top 20 safest carriers after studying 400 The top five also includes Air New Zealand, Eva Air, Etihad and Qatar Airways  Separate ranking for low-cost carriers includes Flybe, JetBlue and Frontier  … Read more

Qantas reveals the huge amount of rubbish it saved on the world’s first ‘zero-waste’ flight

Qantas reveals the huge amount of rubbish it saved on the world’s first ‘zero-waste’ flight Qantas flew world’s first ‘zero-waste’ flight from Sydney to Adelaide last month Airline posted a snap of the waste from the flight compared to a normal amount  Qantas is aiming to eliminate 75 per cent of its current waste by … Read more