British Airways’ planned merger with Spain’s Iberia opens the way for BA to reconsider a tie-up with Qantas, according to Willie Walsh, the British carrier’s chief executive.BA ditched talks with the Australian national carrier last year after the s
SYDNEY - An Australian court sentenced a former Qantas Airways baggage handler wanted on terrorism-related charges in Lebanon to 12 years in prison Friday for publishing a do-it-yourself jihad book on the Internet. A New South Wales state Supreme Co
Qantas Airways on Wednesday said it remained one of the few global carriers to remain in profit despite reporting an 87 per cent slide in full-year earnings to A$181m (US$150m).However, the Australian flag carrier suffered a sharp deterioration in t
SYDNEY - A Qantas jet flying from New Zealand to Australia was forced to turn around when the cabin started to lose air pressure, the airline said in a statement. The Australian carrier has an excellent safety record but has come under scrutiny ove
Qantas, the biggest customer of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners, on Friday announced that it had cancelled orders for 15 planes and delayed the delivery for another 15 in a further blow to the US company.The decision by the Australian flagship carrier take
SYDNEY - Australia's Qantas cancelled an order for 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, citing dramatic changes to the global economic environment. Qantas announced its original B787 order in December 2005, and the operating environment for the world
PERTH, Australia - A Qantas plane hit turbulence and suddenly lost altitude over Malaysia, throwing terrified passengers around the cabin and leaving seven people injured, the airline said Monday. The Airbus A330 with 219 passengers and crew aboard
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