Qantas
News and interviews on Qantas including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Qantas cuts 500 jobs and splits into two arms: Midday roundupTuesday, 22 May 2012
Qantas has announced a major restructure, which will see it split its operations into separate domestic and international businesses with their own management. ...
Calls for industrial relations overhaul as speculation mounts over Budget cuts and gains
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Business chiefs are urging the Federal Government to use next week’s Budget to overhaul Labor’s industrial relations system, while there are indications ahead of the Budget that the childcare rebate will stay but superannuation tax benefits might be cut. ...
Dollar hits six month high, BHP profit falls in first half: Midday Roundup
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
The Australian dollar has risen to a seven-month high this morning, after a surprise decision by the Reserve Bank to leave rates on hold at 4.25%. ...
Qantas’ Twitter disaster – the lessons for small business
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Qantas has been through a hellish few months, and it's just gotten worse. Yesterday, after announcing a competition where customers could win some a first class gift pack including Qantas pyjamas, the company was inundated with tweets about the recent strikes ...
IR experts say Qantas arbitration process won’t drag on
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
National carrier Qantas says looming arbitration with key unions should give customers "absolute confidence" in booking flights, with industrial relations experts tipping a binding decision will be made sooner rather than later. ...
Qantas talks reach 21-day deadline: What’s likely under arbitration?
Monday, 21 November 2011
Talks between Qantas and key unions are set to expire by the day's end, with the dispute set for binding arbitration if an agreement – or at the very least progress toward an agreement – is not made. ...
Qantas and the Fair Work changes
Tuesday, 08 November 2011
In early August 2011, Qantas announced a net profit for 12 months to June 30, 2011 of $250 million, compared with $112 million for the prior period. ...
How I managed the Qantas grounding using remote technology
Friday, 04 November 2011
Corporate Travel Management is one of the country’s most successful businesses of its kind, turning over $500 million and servicing thousands of corporate clients’ travel needs. ...
Qantas bows to ACCC pressure on customer compensation
Thursday, 03 November 2011
Qantas has succumbed to demands made by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that it should provide customers who were affected by last weekend's grounding more compensation than the $350 they were already given for every day they were unable ...
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Don’t skimp on the social
Thursday, 03 November 2011
There's been plenty to learn from the entire Qantas incident this week, but there's also plenty for tech companies to take in – especially when it comes to social media. ...
Qantas dispute highlights need for “circuit-breaker” in Fair Work regime: IR lawyer
Tuesday, 01 November 2011
Australia's industrial relations laws could be reformed to introduce a "circuit-breaker" to speed up a resolution between employers and unions during bargaining periods, workplace law expert Joydeep Hor says. ...
Qantas’ giant brand punt
Tuesday, 01 November 2011
In the new autobiography of 13-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer Bart Cummings there is a lovely anecdote about David Hains, the billionaire investor who was one of the most prominent race horse owners in Australia during the 1970s and 1980s. ...
Why Qantas' next great challenge is China: Kohler
Tuesday, 01 November 2011
Once again Australia's politicians have put on a pathetic display of point scoring and point missing in response to the Qantas dispute. The Government rushed to get bogged down in an argument about whether it was properly warned about the grounding, and the ...
Is Qantas dead?
Tuesday, 01 November 2011
Of course everyone is talking about Qantas and it is very hard to step aside from the furor, after all, they are one of my favourite brand whipping boys. But there is a bigger issue at play here than Alan Joyce's epic dummy spit and accompanying collective ...
Five strategy lessons from Qantas’ dramatic decision to ground its fleet
Monday, 31 October 2011
It's been a tough few months for Qantas. Dealing with industrial action and distraught customers is no easy task, and having to maintain a steady budget while doing so is a challenge few would want to take on. ...
Qantas “win” might not be a win for SMEs
Monday, 31 October 2011
It's no surprise that we are already seeing two very distinct schools of thought emerge among entrepreneurs in regards to Qantas' shock decision to ground its entire fleet on Saturday and force the Federal Government to intervene in its IR war. ...
IR lawyers warn Qantas: Don’t count on an arbitration win
Monday, 31 October 2011
National carrier Qantas chose shock and awe this weekend by taking its long-running industrial relations dispute with three unions to the lockout stage, but an IR lawyer says the tactic may backfire on the airline. ...
Coles food and liquor sales rise 5.5%: Midday Roundup
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Coles has recorded a number of positive results for the first quarter of the year, with total convenience sales rising 17.7%, while food and liquor sales rose 5.5%. ...
Tourism sector rues Qantas strikes but confident of Christmas recovery
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Small- and medium-sized enterprises are already hurting from the industrial disputes at Qantas, but a tourism body expects the blue between the national carrier and unions to not significantly weaken tourism over the key New Year period. ...
Qantas says industrial relations problems “escalating”: Midday Roundup
Friday, 14 October 2011
The national carrier Qantas says its months-long industrial dispute with unions has worsened, with 7,000 passengers expected to have their travel plans disrupted today as the airline cancels 17 flights and delays another 32. ...
