This Month
Rex faces boardroom coup as Singaporean investors push to oust chair
The largest shareholder of the regional carrier has called for a shareholder vote just a month after he stepped down as the airline’s executive chairman.
- Kylar Loussikian
ASIC queried Qantas’ knowledge of ACCC investigation as shares fell
The regulator wrote to the competition watchdog requesting a “a better understanding” of the probe into ticket sales on cancelled flights, emails reveal.
- Vesna Poljak and Kylar Loussikian
Boeing to plead guilty to fraud for violating deal on 737 Max crashes
The guilty plea marks a low point in the company’s century-long history after years of turmoil sparked by two crashes.
- Chris Strohm, Julie Johnsson and Allyson Versprille
June
Melbourne Airport rail mediator rejects underground station
Melbourne Airport has vowed to continue its battle for an underground station despite a report recommending otherwise.
- Patrick Durkin and Jenny Wiggins
Virgin stake sale to Qatar won’t change focus on profits
Selling part of Virgin Australia to the Middle Eastern airline is unlikely to rattle Qantas’ market dominance, analysts say.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Exclusive
- Virgin Australia
Qatar in talks to take up to 20pc stake in Virgin
The transaction, if successful, would hand the Qatari carrier up to 20 per cent of the private equity-owned airline and comes amid a stalled ASX float process.
- Ayesha de Kretser, Anthony Macdonald and Myriam Robin
Tourism rebounds to near pre-pandemic levels
The Australian industry is on track for the best year ever as international visitor numbers bounce back.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Qantas plummets in world airline rankings, again
Fiji Airways beat Qantas and Air New Zealand in the global poll in which the Australian carrier recorded its worst performance for a decade.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Cost of Perth flights to fall 40 per cent during school holidays
Analysis by the Australian Airports Association shows Melbourne to Perth fares will drop to the lowest levels since 2010.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Analysis
- Executive shake-up
Virgin IPO may not fly for next boss
There are plenty of big questions for the airline’s next chief executive – including what the carrier will look like, and how it will be owned, in the long run.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
Billionaire Chris Ellison wants his own airline. Are any for sale?
A boss arriving to a Perth office via helicopter can’t expect his employees to be happy waiting for connecting flights from Kalgoorlie.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Qantas snaps up 100pc of TripADeal as travel package bookings boom
Qantas Loyalty said the deal – increasing the airline’s stake from 51 per cent – would help the division hit its ambitious earnings targets for 2030.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Bonza terminates hundreds of staff but wage payments up in the air
The budget carrier only began flying last year, and was backed by US private equity fund 777 Partners. It collapsed at the end of April.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Analysis
- Qantas
Airlines are forgetting to be bashful about their big profits
The unspoken upside of Boeing’s woes and Airbus delays is that airline profits will probably stay sky-high.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Selling Sunrise: Inside Qantas’ 22-hour ultra-long-haul flight
Can Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson pull off her predecessor’s dream of non-stop travel between Sydney, Melbourne and London? Getting this right will be key.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Bonza’s administrators concede sale hopes dead, staff to go
The low-cost airline collapsed in late April. A confidential creditors’ meeting was told on Thursday that administrators may consider legal action instead.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Rex chairman out amid overhaul of regional airline’s board, executive
Last week, the ASX asked the company why it did not disclose a relationship between its chairman, Lim Kim Ha and his brother-in-law during a 2022 acquisition.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Airfares in Europe set to fall, but only in economy: CEOs
That was the assessment of many airline chief executives gathered in Dubai this week for the International Air Transport Association’s annual meeting.
- Charlotte Ryan
Keep food scraps onshore for future aircraft fuel: industry
Singapore is quickly developing the capacity to convert waste into aviation fuel.
- Peter Ker
Hrdlicka says Virgin Australia is IPO-ready when ‘market reopens’
Speaking in Dubai, Jayne Hrdlicka defended the carrier from market critics who say it is losing share to its larger rival Qantas and budget airline Jetstar.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
