The Pigeon Express
Qantas says it will stand down 2,500 staff — affecting pilots, crew and airport workers — as a lockdown in Sydney impacts air travel across Australia. The furlough will last for at least two months, the airline said. Qantas said it would pay staff until mid-August, after which they could apply for government support payments. […]
Australian airline Qantas said it has sold the tickets for the upcoming “flight to nowhere” in a record 2.5 minutes. The May 26 event will allow travellers to gaze at the full super moon and lunar eclipse from over 40,000-feet in the sky. Qantas is known for operating such special trips, and in October last […]
The governments around the world would use COVID-19 as a “condition of entry” to allow international flights to resume, the chief executive of Australian airline Qantas has said. In an interview with the BBC, Alan Joyce told that “governments are going to insist” on vaccines for international travellers. If some were not prepared to take […]
The coronavirus pandemic has badly affected the aviation industry. To up revenues amid deep losses Australia’s Qantas Airlines has re-started an old gimmick to lure flyers ‘Mystery Flights’. Qantas is launching the day-trip flights across Australia in a bid to revive domestic travel and tourism in Australia ‘Mystery flights’ are just like regular flights. The […]
Boeing faces a fresh safety concerns on Thursday, the firm admitted after finding cracks in at least 50 of its popular Boeing 737 NG planes following worldwide inspections. The cracks were found in the “pickle fork” – a section of the plane where the fuselage binds with the wing. Last month the US Federal Aviation […]