27th February Big Qantas announcement

[markis10]

You would think if they were going to do it they would have done it today, get all the bad news out in one hit rather than spooking the market, customers and staff again in 6 months time..

They are still working it out given the aircraft retirements etc.

 

[Kendall Roy]

So The final betrayal of Perth QF customers. First hong kong and now Singapore.

IIRC, the flight timings were almost setup to deliberately fail!

 

[Mr_Orange]

HKG lounge opening listed as March 2014

I should be able to sample this in early April then .

 

[JessicaTam]

JQ has a reported $16m loss.

 

[mannej]

IIRC, the flight timings were almost setup to deliberately fail!

The 72 and 68 were timed to arrive around 4:45 and 4:55 right before they were axed.

 

[Supersonic Swinger]

+1 to that. Just looked at options now from Perth to Singapore. Either direct on jetstar, stopover in Bali on jetstar asia or via Melbourne!

Singapore Airlines

 

[serfty]

Still can't work out what business can afford to get rid of 5000 staff. What kind of management let's it get to that level?

We don't run our business with 1 extra staff let alone 5000!

As posted, I suspect many roles will be fulfilled by third parties. (AKA Outsource)

 

[Danger]

So The final betrayal of Perth QF customers. First hong kong and now Singapore. So where can I fly on QFI metal ex perth? Auckland over summer. Wow!!!!

I wonder how long before EK flies PER-SIN-DXB.

 

[cove]

Perth to Singapore is a busy route.
My dream of going 787 from Perth to London direct on QFI is looking a bit shaky right now.

 

[RooFlyer]

Still can't work out what business can afford to get rid of 5000 staff. What kind of management let's it get to that level?

We don't run our business with 1 extra staff let alone 5000!

Presumably many positions then filled by contractors, on much lower rates, no super etc

 

[mannej]

Presumably many positions then filled by contractors, on much lower rates, no super etc

Isn't super mandatory if one earns more than $450/month in Australia?

 

[Danger]

Sky business commentator: Alan Joyce blaming everything else.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Isn't super mandatory if one earns more than $450/month in Australia?

not if you are self employed

 

[SeatBackForward]

As posted, I suspect many roles will be fulfilled by third parties. (AKA Outsource)

Outsource is so 2000's, these days its all about Business Transformation...

 

[raleyoz]

How does someone responsible for companies corporate performance, deliver its worst result ever, get away with blaming everything else but himself and still keep his job, outstanding AJ

 

[codash1099]

So The final betrayal of Perth QF customers. First hong kong and now Singapore. So where can I fly on QFI metal ex perth? Auckland over summer. Wow!!!!

Any OneWorld flights to SIN now have to go via "anywhereelse"

 

[gwilli1]

He has to go , there is no 2 ways about it . So does the board.

How does someone responsible for companies corporate performance, deliver its worst result ever, get away with blaming everything else but himself and still keep his job, outstanding AJ

 

[ketsuzei]

Western Australia: Experience the Extraordinary

 

[Clivem]

How does someone responsible for companies corporate performance, deliver its worst result ever, get away with blaming everything else but himself and still keep his job, outstanding AJ

WHAT ........ Come on ......it happens all over the world day in day out (it's not right) but gee AJ isn't Robinson Crusoe in that race

 

[Supersonic Swinger]

I can't seem to find any reference to a sale (full or partial) of QFF as was rumoured as a potential. I wonder if that's now off the table?

Or any mention of the 65% 'line in the sand'?