This Month
Sydney Airport, port crucial to new LOGOS e-commerce hub
A planned $2 billion logistics hub will draw on air, sea and road connections, highlighting the airport’s value as it reviews a takeover proposal.
- Jenny Wiggins
Qantas brings forward travel restart but airline frustration boils
Qantas will bring forward to November 1 plans to restart its Sydney-London and Sydney-Los Angeles flights.
- Lucas Baird
Qantas books $800m windfall from Mascot land sale, may sell more
Qantas boss Alan Joyce said it would use the proceeds to pay down debt and accelerate its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Lucas Baird and Martin Kelly
Tigerair would have blocked Bonza entry, expert says
A former Qantas chief economist says Bonza would not have got off the ground if Virgin Australia had kept budget subsidiary Tigerair running.
- Lucas Baird
What you need to know before you travel overseas
As Australians get ready to return to the skies and cruise ships, three experts help take the pain out of the new era of travel.
- Fiona Carruthers
BlackRock snares 5pc stake in Sydney Airport
BlackRock subsidiaries started buying at $6.09 per share before the IFM consortium’s initial takeover approach at a bid of $8.25 per share in cash was disclosed.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Updated
- Virgin Australia
Engineers, Virgin reach ceasefire on vax mandate
The union went to court citing privacy concerns after Virgin insisted staff hand over documents that include government health identifiers.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
- Exclusive
- Deloitte
Jet lessors sue Deloitte partner over Virgin claims
Aircraft lessors are suing Deloitte’s Sal Algeri, seeking a better return on their claims against Virgin Australia than the administrators ruled.
- Lucas Baird
Qantas nears massive fleet renewal order
Qantas is circling Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo jets as the backbone of its domestic fleet for the next decade.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
Aircraft lessors to seek end to power-by-hour clauses
An end to the pay-by-the-flight leases as aviation recovers from COVID-19 is bad news for Australia’s airlines.
- Lucas Baird
Skyportz signs electric flying taxi deal with US’s Electra
Skyportz, a Melbourne start-up that is developing landing sites for Jetsons-style air taxis, will buy up 100 hybrid electric aircraft from a US manufacturer.
- Jenny Wiggins
International travel tips: book seat 2A, but limit your destinations
The pointy end is back as we look set to reopen Australia to the fully vaccinated from November. But travel now means more hassle and expense.
- Fiona Carruthers
Flight restart welcome but please no quarantine: foreign airlines
The international aviation lobby wants Australia to follow the US and Europe and end all quarantine requirements for incoming travellers
- Tom McIlroy
September
Air freight booms as ‘emergency go-to’
Sea freight costs are already at record highs and now air freight costs are soaring as desperate importers try to get their goods into Australia any way they can.
- Jenny Wiggins
Flight turbulence eases at Sydney Airport
Australia’s biggest airport is expecting seat capacity on domestic flights to bounce back to more than half of pre-pandemic levels by November.
- Jenny Wiggins
Watchdog warns airports against hiking prices
Airports would be taking advantage of their market power if they try to recoup losses from the pandemic by raising charges for airlines, the ACCC says.
- Lucas Baird
Airports emit four coal power plants’ worth of carbon
Major Australian airports coughed up enough CO2 emissions to match four coal-fired power plants in 2019, a new global analysis shows.
- Lucas Baird
Qantas grounds Perth-London flight, delays travel to east coast
CEO Alan Joyce says talks with the WA government revealed little desire to open for international travel or to the eastern states before the end of the year.
- Lucas Baird
Beaten-down airline stocks celebrate easing of travel rules
The easing of US and UK travel restrictions is breathing new life into European airline stocks.
- Joe Easton and Lisa Pham
QantasLink pilots the first to accept two-year wage freeze
About 450 regional pilots have accepted a two-year wage freeze as the airline navigates through the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Lucas Baird
