Qantas has removed its four directors from the board of Air Pacific because it believes the Fijian government wants to take total control of the airline...

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Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce says speculation about Emirates buying a stake in the airline is wrong...

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Another style revolution is on the way for Qantas staff, with Paris-based Australian designer Martin Grant getting the nod to design their new uniforms...

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Qantas will plunge into the red this year for the first time since it was floated in 1995 as consumer conditions deteriorate....

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Gains of more than 1 per cent on the Australian stock market were not enough to stop Qantas Airways shares hitting new all-time lows...

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Qantas shares fall another 8pc to close below $1 after S&P places a credit watch on the airline...

Qantas is in danger of becoming a wallflower. Internationally it desperately needs dance partners, while domestically it fights Virgin....

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Alan Joyce has made it clear the airline will not rush into selling more assets because shareholders do not want the airline "overreacting to the situation and making wrong decisions"...

Qantas Airways chief Alan Joyce has reportedly hired Macquarie Group and Citigroupto help defend his embattled airline from any hostile takeover, after the company's share price tumbled to a new low...

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Qantas is preparing its defences for a prolonged destabilisation strategy in the event that a hostile consortium of private investors buys a cornerstone stake in the airline...

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Qantas has been hit by another industrial dispute - this time over safety checks on some planes...

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Fair Work Australia has upheld Qantas's application against the engineer's union to not conduct maintenance checks on newer aircraft before takeoff....

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Qantas Airways Ltd. is so beaten down that acquirers can buy Australia’s biggest carrier for less than its value in a fire sale...

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Qantas warns that it could collapse if Eithad doubles Virgin stake...

Qantas has announced it is cutting 108 maintenance jobs from Sydney...

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Qantas Airways has dismissed reports the airline warned politicians it may go under if Etihad Airways was allowed to increase its stake in local rival Virgin Australia...

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Qantas suffers its first monthly decline in yields from both in more than two years in a further sign of the impact of a fare war with Virgin....

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Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has played down rumours that the airline could be the subject of a takeover bid by a group that includes its former managers...

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