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QantasLink, the workhorse of Australia’s regional aviation industry, has been named 2012’s ‘Regional Airline of the Year’ by leading industry journal Air Transport World – beating airlines from across the globe. Air Transport World editors cited QantasLink’s longstanding commitment to delivering an extensive network and excellent customer service for remote and rugged regions of outback […]

Building a stronger Qantas- Qantas CEO Alan Joyce  Earlier this year I laid out the grave challenges faced by our Qantas International operations and announced that we were undertaking a wholesale review. Qantas International is an important part of the Qantas Group. It is part of our national Australian story. And it represents a core […]

I’d like to congratulate tonight’s winners of the Chairman’s awards. Australia’s aviation excellence is recognised worldwide, and so recognition for Professional Excellence in this forum is very high praise. A great achievement.

In his address to the National Aviation Press Club, Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce announced Qantas plans to introduce new world leading technology, infrastructure and process to revolutionise the domestic check-in experience.

Today I was also pleased to announce that next year we will be recruiting 100 new engineering apprentices, taking our engineering apprentice numbers to 386, as part of Australia’s largest civil aviation apprentice program. And I’m pleased to mention this commitment this evening, because Reg Ansett himself was a great supporter of young people in aviation. I understand at one stage he personally provided 15 scholarships each year to allow young men to fulfil their dream of becoming a pilot.