Worst to best, Qantas gets a bouquet
There's praise for Qantas and its reduced cancellations involving Canberra flights. The turnaround follows a very public campaign by Canberra Airport's CEO Stephen Byron who called for improvement by the airline.
Qantas
Escalating tensions in the Middle East have prompted Qantas to add a Singapore stopover to its longest route in order to avoid Israeli airspace.
Qantas has launched a new Frequent Flyer option for members it says will give them access to 20 million reward seats.
A Qantas flight from Melbourne has been given a priority landing after running into engine trouble on approach to Perth.
National news
Wing tips clipped in jet collision
It's been revealed a flight from Canberra was one of the planes involved the weekend collision of jets at Perth airport.
Update
Lower fares blamed for Qantas’ descending profit
Qantas says fare reductions are behind a $183 million reduction in its first-half profit.
Opinion
The long and the short of getting to Cairns
Aviation writer SCOTT MAYMAN started musing about the cost of a flight from Canberra to Cairns and found there were a few choices, but one shocker amongst them.
REX has topped the December rankings of on-time performances and cancellations of Australian airlines.
The Qantas brand value has nosedived, according to brand rankings published in the "Australian Financial Review".
Qantas has redeemed itself in the latest figures showing the airline has reduced its cancellations between Canberra and the Gold Coast and reduced cancellations on the Canberra-Sydney route, reports SCOTT MAYMAN.
A new Qantas plane destined to service the Canberra-Melbourne route is is expected to create excitement for ACT plane watchers, says
Qantas is being taken to court over the airline's decision not to allow a woman's assistance dog to travel with her on its planes.
Qantas has introduced new rules about taking photos and video on board its aircraft and it could impact your next trip in and out of Canberra, says SCOTT MAYMAN
Qantas has ditched its traditional Red “Flying Kangaroo” colour scheme on one of its new planes that will fly into Canberra, reports SCOTT MAYMAN.
Heckling and protest votes greeted the Qantas board at the airline's annual general meeting where shareholders vented their frustration at a series of missteps.
Qantas has rejected allegations by the ACCC it acted improperly by selling tickets for already cancelled flights, saying customers were offered alternatives.
Qantas chairman Richard Goyder will retire from the airline's board in late 2024, following recent calls for him to depart.
A Nationals senator has called out the prime minister's "cosy" relationship with the former CEO of Qantas, who she wants to front at an inquiry into flights.
ACT senator David Pocock has walked away from complimentary membership of the exclusive Qantas Chairman's Lounge.
![Teacher Vanessa Jones has been living in Higgins since 2001, and while she loves the area, she says she is “fed up” with the neglectful ACT government.
The Higgins shops have been completely abandoned, says Vanessa, preventing the opportunity for residents to have a community-centred space to socialise.
They only received bins nine months ago, she says, and requests for a water station and repairs to the bus station have gone unanswered.
“It’s very, very slow,” says Vanessa.
“I asked for the zebra crossing on Fullagar [Crescent] to be repainted, and we had to wait about six or nine months.
“That’s just such a long time… we pay a lot of rates.”
Vanessa says assistance from the government only seems to go to communities with time-rich and assertive communities, leaving places such as Higgins, where the majority of households have both adults working full-time and English may not be the first language of the family, at an automatic disadvantage.
“If you’ve got two people working, paying a mortgage, raising two or three kids, they don’t have the time,” says Vanessa.
Vanessa says the lack of attention quieter places such as Higgins is receiving is starting to look a lot like favouritism.
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