Why did Boeing build the 747SP with such a short fuselage?

This was the Boeing 747SP, a rare moment in airliner history when a manufacturer decided that the route to more range was fewer airplanes. Only 45 were built, but the Special Performance jumbo pushed ...
Forbes

Qantas Comeback For Airbus A380 As All 10 Planes Return To Service

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Goldstein is a journalist and playwright based in Los Angeles. The last A380 rolled out of the Airbus plant in Toulouse, ...
Couriermail

Qantas confirms major executive shake-up as hundreds of jobs face the chop

Qantas has announced some huge changes to its leadership team, with up to 400 staff tipped to be made redundant in the lead-up to Christmas. In an email to staff, Qantas confirmed a shake-up of its ...
The Australian Financial Review

Qantas releases 100,000 frequent flyer seats in pre-holiday blitz

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Qantas is releasing 100,000 extra international seats for frequent flyers to book on the airline’s popular Classic Rewards tier in a ...
The Australian Financial Review

Qantas unites domestic airline with QantasLink, shuffles management

Qantas will bring its domestic airline and regional subsidiary QantasLink under the one executive as part of changes revealed by chief executive Vanessa Hudson in preparation for the arrival of 200 ...
Couriermail

Qantas launches enormous Travel Week sale with flights starting at $99

Just in time for the holidays, Qantas is slashing fares to more than 130 routes, with prices starting at $99 one-way and more than 65 flights under $200. Launching on Wednesday for one week, some of ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Qantas A380’s wing peels apart on first flight after returning to service

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An A380 plane that Qantas highlighted as part of its fleet returning to service last week has suffered an embarrassing grounding in the ...
The Australian

Qantas to cut jobs as chief blames rising costs for staff restructure

Speaking in Auckland on Monday, Mr Wallace said demand for international travel remained strong but it was a constant uphill battle competing with 55 other airlines. He said they were “forever looking ...
The Australian

Celebrated Qantas A380 grounded after ‘embarrassing mishap’ on return flight

Registered VH-OQC, the superjumbo landed in Australia last Friday after three years in storage in the California desert and then an extended stay at a maintenance facility in Abu Dhabi. During this, ...
Sydney Morning Herald

On this 16-hour Qantas flight, is the upgrade worth it?

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. For a year now, the Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner has been flying between Perth and Paris. On a, for me, unprecedented business-class flight, I ...
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Our Pick Of The Best Qantas Points Credit Cards For Frequent Flyers

Sophie Venz is a former Deputy Editor at Forbes Advisor. She is an experienced editor and features reporter, and has previously worked in the small business and start-up reporting space. Previously ...