Oman Air and Qantas are celebrating a major milestone for travellers between Oman and Australia: the activation of reciprocal frequent flyer accrual between Oman Air’s Sindbad and the Qantas Frequent Flyer programme. This development builds on a redemption agreement already in place: since Octo...

The Qantas Group has today announced a major trans-Tasman expansion including Qantas’ first A220 international service between Brisbane and Wellington and a new direct Jetstar route from Brisbane to Queenstown next year.   As part of the expansion, the Qantas Group will add hundreds of thousa...

Qantas yesterday announced more flights for customers to Rome with the airline extending its seasonal flying and adding an extra weekly service, almost doubling its capacity for 2026. The airline will extend its seasonal Perth-Rome service by eight weeks from 3 May to 23 October and increase freq...

Qantas has announced an order for 20 additional Airbus A321XLR aircraft, 16 of which will feature lie-flat Business Class seats, as the airline group continues to expand its fleet. The airline said it will also award 25,000 non-executive employees $1,000 worth of shares each under a new share pla...

Qantas Airways has been fined AU$90m (£47m; $59m) after a judge ruled the airline illegally dismissed more than 1,800 ground staff at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The penalty, handed down by Australian Federal Court Justice Michael Lee on Monday, comes on top of the AU$120m (£63m; $78m) i...

Qantas has today announced the appointment of Darsh Chapman as the airline’s new Regional General Manager UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa, commencing in the role in August 2025. Ms Chapman will be based in Qantas' London office, stepping into the role previously held by Georgia Blackburn, wh...

Air France-KLM and Qantas, the national carrier of Australia, today announced an expansion of their existing partnership aimed at improving connectivity and enhancing the travel experience between Europe and Australia. This strengthened cooperation between Air France, KLM and Qantas is set to del...

Qantas has confirmed a significant cyberattack affecting the personal data of up to six million customers, marking one of Australia’s most serious data breaches in recent years and delivering a fresh blow to the airline's reputation. The breach, which targeted a third-party customer service platf...

Australia's Qantas Airways is set to become the Asia-Pacific launch operator of the latest generation single aisle A321XLR following the delivery of its first aircraft from the Airbus assembly line in Finkenwerder, Hamburg. Reflecting the long range capability of the A321XLR, the aircraft is flyi...

The Qantas Group will shut down Jetstar Asia due to "growing challenges in recent years", including rising costs and "intensified competition in the region". The move forms part of a "strategic restructure" that will support the Qantas Group's fleet renewal programme and "strengthen its core busi...

Qantas has announced a new partnership that will allow its frequent flyers to use their Qantas Points to book flights on Hawaiian Airlines. This partnership gives Qantas frequent flyer members access to Hawaiian’s global network, which includes all four major Hawaiian Islands, 15 US cities and ...

TPConnects Technologies, a IATA-certified global travel aggregator, today announced a tenfold increase in Qantas NDC (New Distribution Capability) bookings via its Iris platform in just six months – a clear signal of the growing demand for modern airline retailing solutions among travel sellers. ...

Starting Dec. 5 through the end of Jan. 2026, American will launch three weekly flights connecting Los Angeles (LAX) with Brisbane, Australia (BNE). Additionally, Qantas will increase operations to daily services between Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) and Melbourne, Australia (MEL), starting Dec. 3 thro...

Qantas has been forced to delay several flights between Johannesburg and Sydney at the last minute due to falling debris from SpaceX rockets. The US government has warned Qantas about the risk of SpaceX rocket parts re-entering the atmosphere in the southern Indian Ocean. But Ben Holland, head...

Qantas and CAE have officially opened Sydney’s new purpose-built training centre, where thousands of new and existing Qantas and Jetstar pilots will train each year. The state-of-the-art facility in St Peters near Sydney Airport, developed in partnership with global training provider CAE, is no...