Qatar Airways to make Canberra comeback

It comes a year after Qantas’ pilot union accused the airline of a failure of fleet planning by not having enough new international aircraft, and with Boeing and Airbus experiencing delivery delays.

Around 300 engineers from the “alliance unions” – the AMWU, AWU and ETU – embarked on a 24-hour strike on Wednesday morning following Qantas’ “refusal” to meet with workers on a new enterprise agreement, with rallies held outside Melbourne and Brisbane…

In a trading update posted to the ASX, Alliance predicted pre-tax profits exceeding the consensus forecast of $83.9 million, with full-year results to be released after the close of trade on 14 August.