Qantas denies sky high card fees
QANTAS has hit out at claims it rakes in $100 million a year charging passengers to use their credit or debit cards to book flights.
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Damaged Qantas A380 Returns To Australia
Sixteen Month Hiatus Required For Repairs Sixteen months after an uncontained engine failure lead to an emergency landing in Singapore, Qantas Airlines' A380 named Nancy Bird-Walton returned to Kingford Smith Airport in Sydney. The incident in December 2010 led to the grounding of Qantas' entire A380 fleet while emergency inspections were made.
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Qantas denies $100m card fee rort
AIRLINE accused of raking in millions by charging passengers to use credit or debit cards to book flights.
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Qantas to face Virgin competition on Isa-Brisbane route
Virgin Australia will revive its weekday service between Mount Isa and Brisbane, ending the Qantas monopoly on the route.
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Singapore Airlines' Competition Rises
The airline is losing out to Middle East rivals and discounters
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Qantas denies pocketing $100m from card fees
AIRLINE accused of raking in millions by charging passengers to use credit or debit cards to book flights.
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Deal keeps Wallabies flying high
AUSTRALIAN Rugby Union today announced Qantas would continue its long association with the Qantas Wallabies.
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700 Qantas engineers to go
At least 700 Qantas engineering staff are expected to lose their jobs over the next three years as part of a major restructure of the airline's maintenance operations.
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Dark skies for SIA and other airlines
If the outlook is dim for Singapore Airlines (SIA), its rivals are not being spared either. High fuel prices and weak yields, especially in first and business classes, have hit not just SIA, but other airlines like Qantas and Cathay Pacific as well.
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Business-class competition ups the pressure on Qantas
QANTAS' loss-making international operations are under rising pressure as discounting of fares moves from the back end of planes and into the business-class cabins on long-haul routes.
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