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Australian court fines Qantas US$59 million for illegal layoffs
AFP, Published on 18/08/2025
» SYDNEY - An Australian court fined Qantas Aus$90 million (US$59 million) on Monday for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, ending a five-year legal battle over the workers' rights.
Angry Qantas investors block executives' pay plan
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» MELBOURNE - Jeering Qantas shareholders voted down a pay package for the company's top brass Friday, as the outgoing chairman apologised for a public "loss of trust" in Australia's much-loved carrier.
Qantas to launch longest non-stop passenger flight
AFP, Published on 02/05/2022
» SYDNEY: Qantas announced on Monday it will launch the world's longest non-stop commercial flight, with passengers set to spend 19 hours in the air travelling from Sydney to London by the end of 2025.
'Fortress Australia' re-opens to tourists after two-year Covid closure
AFP, Published on 21/02/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia reopened its borders to vaccinated tourists Monday, nearly two years after the continent nation imposed some of the world's strictest Covid-19 travel restrictions.
Emotional reunions in Sydney as international border reopens
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» SYDNEY - Families reunited in emotional scenes at Sydney's international airport on Monday, as Australia's border reopened almost 600 days after a pandemic closure began.
Sydney to end quarantine and open to overseas visitors
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» SYDNEY: Sydney will end all quarantine requirements for travellers from next month, officials said on Friday, an abrupt step toward reopening Australia's long-shuttered borders.
Australia to start reopening border next month
AFP, Published on 01/10/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia will begin reopening its borders next month, the prime minister said on Friday, 18 months after citizens were banned from travelling overseas without permission and foreign arrivals largely banned.
Australian watchdog blocks Qantas-Japan Airlines deal
AFP, Published on 13/09/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia's competition regulator on Monday definitively blocked a pricing, code-sharing and scheduling deal between Qantas and Japan Airlines, saying the arrangement would hurt consumers.
Australia's Qantas posts fresh losses after 'diabolical' year
AFP, Published on 26/08/2021
» SYDNEY: Australian airline Qantas on Thursday posted more than US$1 billion in annual losses, after what it described as a "diabolical" year caused by pandemic travel restrictions.
Australia's Qantas to make vaccines mandatory for staff
AFP, Published on 18/08/2021
» SYDNEY: Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it would make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for staff, as the company bids to get planes back into the skies.