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The project’s name, Project Sunrise, reflects the unique journey passengers will experience—witnessing two sunrises during a single trip. It is also emblematic of Qantas’s goal to 'overcome the tyranny of distance' between Australia and other major global cities. These flights, expected to begin in 2026, will reduce current travel times by up to four hours.

Qantas to operate daily flights between Bengaluru and Sydney from December to March next year

Between mid-December 2024 and late March 2025, the airline will increase flights from five a week to daily, adding over 12,000 seats between the two cities over the four-month period, Qantas said in a statement.

IndiGo announces new connections under codeshare with Qantas Airways

In 2022, IndiGo and Qantas finalised a codeshare partnership, enabling Qantas customers flying on non-stop flights between Australia and India to connect to 21 destinations in India on IndiGo.

Couple spends 10-hour flight ‘sitting in urine.’ Airline first refuses refund, then…

A couple forced to spend a 10-hour flight on seats wet and stained with urine have successfully wrangled a refund from their airline Qantas.

Qantas, the world’s safest airline, is crashing its brand

Australia’s competition watchdog caught the company, which has 60% of market share, selling seats on flights that had already been cancelled. Qantas continued advertising more than 8,000 flights for an average of two weeks, and for as long as 47 days, even after that service had been scrapped.

Qantas appoints Vanessa Hudson as its first female CEO to lead the airline into post-pandemic era

The company announced that Hudson will succeed Alan Joyce, who will retire in November.

Worrying pic of plane wing covered in tape goes viral. What experts say

A photo of an airplane wing covered with duct tape went viral last week, sparking safety concerns on social media.

Qantas declares Covid-19 'existential crisis' over

"These figures are staggering and getting through to the other side has obviously been tough," chief executive Alan Joyce said.

The world's longest non-stop flight is starting by end of 2025

Australia's Qantas Airways is set to launch a 19-hour flight from Sydney to London. The airline will order 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft for long-haul flights.

Qantas launches its first direct flight on Sydney-Bengaluru route, to partner with IndiGo

Flight tickets between Sydney and Bengaluru will go on sale on April 8, with return tickets starting at Rs 78,380.

Australia welcomes back tourists with toy koalas, Vegemite spread

Australia had imposed some of the world's toughest travel restrictions on its citizens and permanent residents in March 2020 to prevent them from bringing COVID-19 home.

The new Air India will need a game plan for new competition

Qantas aircraft were arriving in India at regular intervals since the pandemic began for repatriation flights.

Resuming India operations after a decade, Qantas to launch Delhi-Sydney flight in December

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said these tri-weekly non-stop flights will initially be meant for Australian citizens but expects tourists from India to use the service once the country’s borders reopen to international visitors

Qantas furloughs 2,500 staff amid lockdown

Sydney and Brisbane, Australia's biggest and third-biggest cities respectively, are in lockdown due to growing clusters of the delta variant.

Governments 'to insist' on COVID-19 vaccination for international passengers: Qantas CEO Alan Joyce

Ninety percent of the people, surveyed by Qantas airline think that COVID-19 jab should be a must for people to travel internationally, says Alan Joyce.

Tough times: Business class pyjamas to smoked almonds, Qantas Airways’ puts it all up for sale

Qantas Airways has started the sale of its business class kits that include everything from biscuits to ginger teabags to premium creams in a 'care pack'

Australia’s Qantas airline to cut 6,000 jobs as virus hits

Qantas announced a plan Thursday to reduce costs by billions of dollars and raise fresh capital. The plan includes grounding 100 planes for a year or more and immediately retiring its six remaining Boeing 747 planes.

Australian airline Qantas to cut all international flights

Qantas said all of its international flights would be suspended by late March for at least two months after the government told citizens Wednesday to forego all overseas travel in a bid to halt the spread of novel coronavirus.

Qantas suspends China flights from February 9 due to coronavirus

The Australian national carrier's direct flights from Sydney to Beijing and Sydney to Shanghai will be halted until March 29, it said in a statement published Saturday.

Qantas could axe Beijing route early as coronavirus hits demand: CEO Alan Joyce

Qantas in November said it was axing its underperforming Sydney-Beijing route from March due to stiff competition from Chinese airlines and weak business class demand.

'India's overseas tourists market positive for Australia'

According to John O'Sullivan, managing director of Tourism Australia (TA), the increase in the number of tourist visa applications was mainly seen post Cricket World Cup in 2015 which introduced Australia as a holiday destination to the Indian tourists who were otherwise traditional visitors.

4 Australian carriers ban Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Qantas, which also owns Jetstar, issued a statement advising its customers that carrying Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices on-board was prohibited on all flights due to concerns regarding 'potential fire risk' from the device's battery after a number of incidents worldwide.

Asian airlines cut fuel surcharges but fares likely to rise

Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd became the latest airline to eliminate the surcharge on Tuesday, but at the same time said it was raising base fares as oil was not cheap enough to offset the impact of competition on international routes.

Qantas unveils A$100m share buyback

Qantas has unveiled a plan to repurchase100 million australian doller (USD 104m) of its shares and repay 650 million australian doller in debt ahead of schedule.