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This Month
Melbourne-Sydney among world’s busiest flight paths in 2023
There were more than 9.3 million seats flown between Melbourne and Sydney over the past 12 months, new data reveals.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Cathay Pacific cancels Sydney flights due to pilot illness
Cathay is axing 14 passenger flights on Friday, including some to Sydney, Delhi, Taipei, Shanghai and Singapore.
- Danny Lee
The best discount airfares, and how to get double Qantas points
Virgin Australia and Qantas joined the post-Christmas sales, but there are conditions on cheap deals.
- Sally Patten
From stinky deals to companies to watch in 2024: Chanticleer awards
In this week’s episode, James and Anthony wrap up 2023 with the Chanticleer Podcast awards, examine what’s ahead for markets in 2024 and help readers out with last-minute Christmas shopping.
Bonfire of the CEOs: Rear Window’s 2023 year in review
The year ended with a lecture from the mining establishment, but not before a carry-on of CEOs joined the unemployment queue.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Will chronic flight delays ever ease up – or is this the new normal?
It’s been more than a year since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, and there are still major delays on domestic services. But that’s not the case in other countries.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Almost half of all Virgin Australia flights delayed in November
Some 62 per cent of domestic Qantas flights arrived on time, with Transport Minister Catherine King warning the government could act if issues persisted.
- Kylar Loussikian and Ayesha de Kretser
Sydney Airport flight slot manager has ‘conflict of interest’: ACCC
The company that chooses which aircraft take off and land at Sydney Airport is majority-owned by Qantas and Virgin.
- Jenny Wiggins
One in two want government to cut use of big four firms: survey
Surveys in November and December show that almost one in three people have a negative view of the big four consulting firms.
- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The good, bad and ugly of business in 2023
Big deals, dud deals, scandals and success stories. In a year of high drama and big market moves, we look back at the winners and losers.
- Updated
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
More questions, no answers, about Turkish flights take-off
It would be in the national interest for the aviation white paper to lay out a proper pro-competition, pro-passenger framework so that regulatory decisions don’t continue to invite speculation about integrity.
- The AFR View
Turkish Airlines deal opens new doors to Europe
Turkish Airlines will initially fly a Dreamliner or regular A350 between Australian cities and Europe, but is looking at ultra-long haul aircraft from 2026.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
Bonza given green light to fly to Gold Coast as fares crash
Approval for Bonza to fly to the popular destination comes as fares have plummeted, with the Gold Coast-Melbourne down more than 70 per cent from last Christmas.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Updated
- Aviation
Transport minister quietly triples Turkish Airlines’ air rights
The carrier had requested that it be allowed to fly 14 flights per week, but will be handed 35. The government knocked back a similar request from Qatar this year.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
Rubbish tips get do-nothing climate subsidies worth millions: experts
Landfill operators are being given lucrative carbon credits for trapping methane they would not have released anyway, some academics say.
- Aaron Patrick
BHP at $100, shorting banks, Qantas chaos: the best of Monday Fundie
From Regal to Ellerston Capital and Morningstar, the 48 fund managers profiled by the Financial Review were early, wrong and on the money in 2023.
- Jonathan Shapiro and Sarah Jones
Ignore pandemic problems in setting competition policy, Qantas says
The carrier, in a submission to the government, says its recovery from COVID-19 is no different to any airline. It suggests more scrutiny on airports.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Qantas calls on Canberra to back sustainable aviation fuel industry
The airline says federal support for a local sustainable aviation fuel could help airlines decarbonise and unlock new revenue streams for Queensland cane farmers.
- Gus McCubbing
‘Aggressive and clever’: Inside Joel Thickins’ TPG
At 45, the pickleball-loving boss is raising a $9 billion fund and launching a new venture. He disdains investment bankers, and don’t mention Ben Gray.
- Jemima Whyte and Sarah Thompson
Airfares are falling fast, but not to every city
Travellers looking for a reprieve on prices for their European summer soirée will have to keep waiting, or redirect their trip to New York.
- Ayesha de Kretser
