Alan Joyce, the CEO of Qantas, apologised to all of the airline’s passengers after receiving harsh criticism for flight delays, lost luggage, and a host of other problems.
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Australia’s Qantas Airways announced on Monday that it would replace five ageing Boeing 737s with six Airbus A321 converted freighters and increase capacity to handle an increase in demand from online shopping.
Due to a labour crisis, Australia’s national airline, Qantas Airways, has requested senior executives to work as luggage handlers at the Sydney and Melbourne airports for three months.
A Qantas Boeing 737-800 inbound to Perth (PER) on Monday, July 18, announced a mayday after running low on fuel. The jet was in the last stages of a nearly six-hour flight across from Brisbane (BNE) when Perth air traffic controllers put the aircraft into an extended holding time. But with fuel onboard already running low, the pilots made the unusual call of a fuel mayday.
The Australian Sustainable Aviation Fuel Partnership was signed by Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury in Doha yesterday, ahead of the IATA AGM.
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