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Future Fund to vote against Qantas director Todd Sampson
The sovereign wealth fund, and other large investors in the airline, will not support the re-election of the advertising executive to the airline’s board.
- Ayesha de Kretser and John Kehoe
Yesterday
Corporate Travel hired for Israel evacuation work
The travel agency also promised shareholders a $100 million share buyback at its AGM on Wednesday.
- Liam Walsh
This Month
Let us land planes more quietly, efficiently: Sydney Airport
The country’s biggest airport has asked the government to match the terms it is offering at Western Sydney to reduce emissions and noise.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Analysis
- Aviation
Qatar exec departure could clear the air for fresh landing rights bid
The outgoing CEO is no stranger to controversy, having built the airline into a globally significant force during his lengthy tenure.
- Ayesha de Kretser
After slow start, EV sales pick up speed
The recent jump in sales of electric vehicles comes before the full effects of new lower-cost Chinese models for less than $40,000 are felt.
- Tony Davis
Virgin ground crew step towards strike for new pay deal
Ground crew could walk off the job by mid-November, with cabin crew and pilots not far behind them as pay talks sour at Virgin Australia.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
Qatar lobbyist spotted in Qantas Chairman’s Lounge
Eamonn Fitzpatrick went deep behind enemy lines, and didn’t pass unnoticed.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Qantas airfares set to rise as oil prices near $US100 a barrel
Passengers will pay more for airfares from October 27, but Qantas will continue to bear some of the pain of rising fuel costs.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Qantas exec pay, Hudson bonus plan, face backlash
Proxy advisers have unanimously recommended investors vote against the Qantas pay resolution in a protest against Alan Joyce’s performance.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Proxy firm tells Qantas investors to vote against Sampson
Marketing guru Todd Sampson is the next Qantas director who could feel the ire of shareholders at the company’s annual meeting next month.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Labor backflips on aviation monitoring after Qantas drops opposition
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has reinstated the ACCC’s monitoring powers just weeks after the PM declared Australia had the most competitive aviation market “bar none”.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Brad Banducci on Qantas investors’ wishlist for chair
Woolworth’s share price has doubled since Banducci took the reins, beating ASX 200’s 45 per cent rise over the same period.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Virgin Australia’s key IPO exec resigns
Virgin Australia’s chief development officer David Marr, tasked with leading the airline’s IPO plans, has stepped down from the role.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Qantas loyalty boss Olivia Wirth to depart, ex-PwC exec to head HR
Qantas will start the search for a new head of loyalty after former CEO contender Olivia Wirth said she would leave the airline in February.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Australia cancels evacuation flight out of Israel
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government has helped 850 Australians leave Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. It is in touch with another 1500, some of whom may stay.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Out with the old: who will survive the Qantas board shake-up?
As the search for a new chairman gathers speed, Vanessa Hudson will have her work cut out for her restoring the airline’s performance.
- Ayesha de Kretser
EV bus outfit TrueGreen Mobility preps $100m raise; MA Moelis mandated
Preparations for the capital markets trip come 2½ months after it acquired coach charter company North Sydney Bus Charters.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Virgin and partner Qatar Airways offer help for Aussie evacuation
Qatar Airways has put forward an “open offer” of assistance after Qantas said it would run two flights on Friday and Monday. Under new chief executive Vanessa Hudson Qantas repatriation flights are now free of charge.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Richard Goyder’s Qantas pantomime swansong
The Qantas chairman has elected to take an excruciating route to the inevitable.
- Joe Aston
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Richard Goyder finally goes, with one vital task to come
The Qantas chairman finally got the message. But by retiring now, and sticking around for another year, he can help stabilise the company and find a new chairman.
- Updated
- James Thomson
