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  • An aircraft operated by Qantas Airways Ltd.’s low-cost unit Jetstar Airways at the company’s maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Qantas is paying its first dividend since before the pandemic, underscoring the airline’s financial recovery following the crisis and the relentless demand for air travel. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Qantas says Singapore airport costs fueled Jetstar Asia cut

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  • Richard White, chief executive officer of WiseTech Global LtdSuccess

    Scandal-plagued billionaire White retakes control of WiseTech

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  • Richard White, chief executive officer of WiseTech Global Ltd., gestures while he speaks at the Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, March. 12, 2024. The summit concludes Tuesday. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Scandal-plagued billionaire White retakes control of WiseTech

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Richard White, chief executive officer of WiseTech Global Ltd., speaks during the Morgan Stanley Australia Summit in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The Summit will continue through June 13. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Billionaire sex saga is latest scandal to rock Australian CEOs

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Rupert Murdoch at his annual party at Spencer House, St James’ Place in London. Picture date: Thursday June 22, 2023. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)Retail

    Rightmove shares jump 25% as Rupert Murdoch’s Australian property portal REA mulls takeover bid

    By Angus Whitley, Harry Brumpton, and others
  • Alan Joyce, chief executive officer of Qantas Airways Ltd., speaks during a news conference in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Qantas ordered dozens more long-range Boeing Co. and Airbus SE jets in a bid to keep pace with a post-pandemic travel boom that’s delivering record profits. Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Qantas claws back $6m from ex-CEO who led during ‘ghost flight’ scandal

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 22: Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson speaks during a media opportunity at Hangar 96, Qantas Sydney Jet Base on February 22, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Qantas has demonstrated a significant financial turnaround, reporting a record $2.47 billion profit for the 2022-23 fiscal year, marking a stark change from the previous year’s $1.86 billion loss. The airline’s strong performance was attributed to robust travel demand and high ticket prices, with domestic earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) jumping to 18.2%, representing a 50% increase in profit margins over the past six years. The company’s return on invested capital also increased to 103.6%, reflecting its improved financial position and operational performance. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)Finance

    Qantas will pay $66m penalty and compensate passengers for selling tickets on thousands of ‘ghost flights’ it had already decided to cancel

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Changi airportLifestyle

    Pandemic ‘revenge travel’ is fading and flights to Florida are fading as New York and Singapore emerge as dominant hubs

    By Angus Whitley, Danny Lee, and others
  • Alan Joyce, chief executive officer of Qantas Airways Ltd., speaks during a news conference in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Qantas ordered dozens more long-range Boeing Co. and Airbus SE jets in a bid to keep pace with a post-pandemic travel boom that’s delivering record profits. Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Qantas may claw back $9m from former CEO whose $15m bonus and early retirement was dubbed the ‘swindle of the century’

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Alan Joyce, chief executive officer of Qantas Airways, left, and Vanessa Hudson, chief executive officer-designate of Qantas, pose for photographs during a news conference in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 24, 2023. Qantas ordered dozens more long-range Boeing Co. and Airbus SE jets in a bid to keep pace with a post-pandemic travel boom that’s delivering record profits. Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Qantas’ CEO was flying high on notching record profits after COVID. Then a bogus ticket scandal sent him into early retirement

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Pilots sit in the cockpit of Jetstar Japan Co.'s Airbus SAS A320 aircraftFinance

    Airlines want you to get comfortable with flying without a co-pilot. Pilots—and fliers—are not convinced

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Alan Joyce, chief executive officer of Qantas Airways Ltd., during the World Aviation Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Qantas needs to fix operational problems but that it is returning to normality, Joyce said. Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Qantas CEO says airline came within 11 weeks of financial collapse during COVD-19 travel halt

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • Singapore Airlines crew walk through the transit hall of Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore on January 12, 2022. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Singapore Airlines will finally not fire flight attendants when they get pregnant anymore

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Elon Musk attends the 2022 Costume Institute Benefit celebrating In America: An Anthology of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk denies having affair with Sergey Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan: ‘This is total BS. Sergey and I are friends.’

    By Angus Whitley, Pierre Paulden, and others
  • LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 2022/06/26: Passengers wheel their luggage as they arrive at Terminal 5 of Londons Heathrow Airport. Hundreds of the flag carriers ground staff have voted to strike next month over a 10% pay cut imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

    Europe once offered the world’s most powerful passports. Not anymore

    By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg