
Melbourne: Australia's industrial tribunal on Sunday ordered an end to the unprecedented industrial dispute at Qantas that forced the country's national carrier to ground its entire fleet, hitting nearly 70,000 passengers worldwide. A day after the extraordinary decision to ground the global Qantas fleet, the battle between the world's 10th largest airline and the labour unions went before Fair Work Australia, while the government came under increasing pressure to act...

09:46 PM, Oct 30, 2011

Canberra: Qantas Airways grounded its global fleet on Saturday, suddenly locking out striking workers after weeks of disruptions an executive said could close down the world's 10th largest airline piece by piece. Australia's government called an emergency arbitration hearing that lasted nearly two hours before the judges adjourned it to issue a decision later on Saturday night. At least 60 Qantas flights were in the air and continued to their...

07:41 PM, Oct 29, 2011

Sydney: Australia's Qantas Airways said on Saturday it was grounding all aircraft over a labour dispute, a move that would cost it $ 21.4 million a day. The airline said in a statement that from Monday evening it would lock out all employees over a protracted industrial dispute with the engineers association, pilots, catering and ground handling associations. An extended grounding would benefit domestic rival Virgin Australia and others such...

12:50 PM, Oct 29, 2011

Wellington: Thousands of passengers in Australia and New Zealand were affected when airlines suspended flights on Sunday as an ash cloud from an erupting volcano in southern Chile spread, threatening to damage engines. Australia's national carrier, Qantas Airways, said all the airline's flights in and out of the southeastern city of Melbourne would be grounded. Qantas also canceled 22 flights to and from New Zealand and the Australian island-state of...

07:54 PM, Jun 12, 2011

Singapore: Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380s on Thursday after one of the aircraft was forced to land in Singapore with engine trouble, one of the most serious incidents for the world's largest passenger plane in its three years of commercial flight. The Airbus A380, which had originated in London and was carrying 459 people, suffered trouble with one of its four engines shortly after it had left...

02:45 PM, Nov 04, 2010

Profit for the quarter ended September 30 rose to Rs 581 crore from Rs 409 crore a year ago. ...

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