Qantas turns to Asia amid stiff competition on trans-Pacific routes

  1. US airlines keep normal Paris service after attacks
     

    New York (AFP) - American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines all said Monday they are maintaining normal services to Paris after last week's ...

  2. Asian stocks hurt by Paris attacks, but China bucks trend
     

    Asian stocks endured a sell-off on Monday, with airline operators and ... In other news, the Chinese yuan, also known as the renminbi, moved closer to joining ... Airlines VirginAustralia Holdings and Qantas Airways lost 6.5 and 1.7 ...
    paris-attack-take-toll-on-shares-of-asian-airlines - Times of Oman

  3. International markets roundup
     

    HONG KONG - Airline and travel-related stocks have tumbled in Asia following Paris' deadly terror attacks, but analysts and industry players said they ...
    Wall Street surges over 1% at close - The Australian

  4. Paris attacks: Sharemarket ends weaker in terror wake
     

    The Australian sharemarket has closed substantially lower despite paring ... Investors appeared to agree, selling-off airline stocks across the Asia Pacific. ... as anticipated, since the market had the weekend to digest the news.

  5. Qantas turns to Asia amid stiff competition on trans-Pacific routes
     

    American Airlines and Qantas are the carriers boosting capacity directly from Australia to the US, but new Air New Zealand Auckland-Houston flights, ...

  6. Qantas sheds junk status
     

    The ratings agency slashed the airline's credit rating to junk status in ... Lower fuel prices, a weaker Australiandollar and an easing of the intense price ...

  7. Paris Attacks Affect Tourism; Eiffel Tower, Disneyland Close After Terror Attacks
     

    Some airlines are also offering travel refunds. United Airlines is offering to waive change fees for passengers whose travel is affected by the Paris ...

  8. Newcastle Airport booms during October
     

    "There are a lot of events happening around Australia - the AFL grand final, Spring Racing Carnival, ... "We are talking to a number of airlines," he said.

  9. Sydney man wanted to join IS, US says
     

    He flew from Australia to Turkey on Malaysian Airlines, but authorities said Khan's parents tricked him into returning to Houston by claiming his mother ...

  10. European stocks stabilise at close
     

    Sentiment was also dented by news that Japan fell back into recession in ... And in London, British Airways owner IAG lost 3.1 per cent and low-cost ...


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