w Jetstar releases list of dozens of flights it will cancel this week due to strike action By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:00:47 GMT Jetstar has released a list of flights they have been forced to cancel on February 19 due to upcoming strike action by baggage handlers and ground staff. Full Article
w Qantas threatens to draft China pilots to fly non-stop from Sydney to New York and London By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:03:04 GMT Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has hinted his flying kangaroo carrier could hire foreigners for non-stop New York and London services, as Australian pilots object to 19-hour journeys. Full Article
w Qantas unveils in-flight safety video which reflects on 100 years of airline history By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:48:18 GMT The Australian airline spent a year recreating flight memories from each decade, including cabin crew members with mullet hairstyles from the 1980s and moustaches from the 1970s. Full Article
w Australian celebrities lose tens of thousands of Qantas frequent flyer points without warning By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 07:35:02 GMT Two Australian actors have hit out at the firm for the policy, which they said removes the points without warning - despite collecting them for 15 years. Full Article
w Virgin Australia's share price falls to below 10 cents as S&P gives airline negative outlook By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:12:12 GMT Virgin Australia shares are worth less than 10 cents. Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's has warned the airline's debt problems were likely to worsen in light of the coronavirus. Full Article
w Qantas cleaners handled face masks, soiled nappies, dirty tissues without gloves, inspector found By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 03:33:02 GMT SafeWork New South Wales has slapped Qantas with an improvement notice after observing cleaners handle used face masks, vomit, soiled nappies and dirty tissues without gloves or masks. Full Article
w Qantas announces HUGE change to the way it does business in the face of coronavirus outbreak By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 03:51:06 GMT Flight routes to London will be changed and eight of the airline's 12 A380 aircraft will be grounded due to low demand. Full Article
w Traveller claims Russell Brand was rude to Qantas staff before cancelling gig over coronavirus fears By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:14:02 GMT The British comedian announced on Monday he decided to cancel his sell-out gig in Perth after a woman who attended the venue was found to have contracted the deadly illness. Full Article
w How the coronavirus will affect Australians' travel plans By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 04:09:48 GMT Qantas became the latest airline to slash flights on Tuesday as the travel industry battles a sharp reduction in bookings amid the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus. Full Article
w Virgin Australia fires back at Qantas' warnings the coronavirus will cause an airline survival fight By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:25:56 GMT The CEO of the Qantas Group, Alan Joyce, announced on Tuesday that major capacity cuts would be brought in to fight the plunging demand for international travel. Full Article
w Qantas is found to have underpaid hundreds of workers up to $7.1MILLION over the past eight years By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 07:28:18 GMT The national carrier on Friday said they entered an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman to rectify a misclassification issue. Full Article
w Qantas allows customers to cancel their flights and use credit for later trips amid coronavirus By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 07:20:36 GMT Qantas passengers will be able to cancel booked flights and use the credit to reschedule trips later on. Full Article
w Woolworths offers jobs to some of the 20,000 Qantas workers forced on unpaid leave amid By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:23:30 GMT The airline has told 20,000 staff members to stand down and cut schedules from late March until May after the government recommended Australians do not travel overseas Full Article
w Qantas CEO Alan Joyce defends laying off 20,000 staff and says COVID-19 worst crisis to hit industry By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:50:05 GMT Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has defended the decision to stand down 20,000 staff in the face of the coronavirus outbreak which he described as the worst crisis to ever hit the airline industry. Full Article
w Reprieve sacked Qantas staff Woolies, Telstra Rio Tinto step forward employ 20,000 laid off workers By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 03:50:44 GMT Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths were the first to flag offers for staff members being made redundant during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
w Thousands of desperate Australians stranded overseas to be flown home on Qantas mercy flights By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:30:45 GMT Thousands of citizens are understood to be stranded overseas, but four international routes are now being subsidised by the federal government. Full Article
w Qantas engineer who slapped a flight attendant on the bottom is sacked By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 04:43:17 GMT Luke Sikalias lost his claim for unfair dismissal at the Fair Work Commission after an incident before a flight from Melbourne to Sydney in May 2018. Full Article
w Virgin Australia will give back annual leave to workers who were stood down amid coronavirus By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:07:44 GMT Virgin Australia will give back annual leave to thousands of workers that were stood down amid the outbreak of coronavirus after the federal parliament passed the $1500 fortnightly wage subsidy. Full Article
w Qantas workers launch legal action after they were refused sick leave in airline's stand-down period By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:30:18 GMT The Transport Workers Union took the airline to the Federal Court on behalf of workers on sick leave who can no longer access the entitlement after Qantas stood down two thirds of its workforce. Full Article
w Qantas bows to furious Australian customers and overhauls its coronavirus credit policy By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 00:45:48 GMT Qantas has moved to revamp its credit policy during the coronavirus crisis after a wave of anger from out-of-pocket customers. Full Article
w Flights between Australian cities could cost just $19 as Qantas tries to recover from COVID-19 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 07:18:38 GMT Qantas could drop the price of regional flights to just $19 as the airline tries desperately to recover from the coronavirus shutdown. Full Article
w Thousands of Australian workers are told they're NOT eligible for $1500 JobKeeper payment By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 02:04:14 GMT 5,500 workers at Dnata, which supplies frozen meals to businesses like Qantas received the news they were no longer eligible for the $1500/fortnight payment on Monday. Full Article
w Royal Navy veteran says he was 'treated like a leper' after coronavirus hospital discharge By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:58:39 GMT Veteran Robert Embleton, 79, was left devastated by residents' response when he returned to his Plymouth retirement home after beating coronavirus in hospital. Full Article
w 'Dedicated and loving' nurse dies of coronavirus after five weeks fighting for life on ventilator By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:03:25 GMT 51-year-old 'dedicated and loving' nurse Onyenachi Obasi died after fighting for her life for five weeks on a ventilator in intensive care. Her niece has set up a fundraising page to pay for her funeral. Full Article
w Boy, 16, fights for life after he was hit by TWO hit-and-run drivers while riding his bike By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:04:55 GMT Police were called at just after 11pm last night to a collision involving a cyclist on Streatham High Road, south west London. Two men in their 20s have been arrested in the local area. Full Article
w Greggs reopens shops to customers in latest good news for locked-down Britain By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:07:57 GMT The Newcastle-based baker is back selling coffee, pasties and cakes to customers in-store at an undisclosed number of shops in the Tyneside area as new safety measures are trialled. Full Article
w Man, 38, is arrested on suspicion of murder after woman 'falls from fourth-storey window' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:23:13 GMT A woman in her 40s was found dead after emergency services were called to Greenall Court in Prescot, Merseyside, at around 3.30am on Saturday. A man, 38, was arrested at the scene. Full Article
w Italy's parks are filled with sunseekers as coronavirus deaths rise by 194 to 30,395 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:29:53 GMT The Italian public took to bicycles around the Piazza Venezia and the Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome while people of all ages walked and cycled to Ruffini Park in Turin during Phase Two of lockdown. Full Article
w FDA approve new type of coronavirus antigen test which provides results in 15 minutes By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:35:04 GMT The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization for antigen tests which rapidly detects fragments of virus proteins in samples from nasal swabs. Full Article
w Boy, 4, who beat coronavirus and battled rare cancer is allowed outside for first time in two months By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:49:06 GMT Essex cancer patient Archie Wilks, four, (right) was allowed outdoors for a family walk after testing negative for coronavirus. He walked through fields with his twin brother Henry (left) and parents. Full Article
w Russia celebrates Victory Day with fireworks By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:35:02 GMT Unable to put on a show of military might in the Red Square today due to surging coronavirus infections, Russia indulged in a series of spectacular fireworks displays over the capital as night fell. Full Article
w Rosie O'Donnell reveals she's helping Michael Cohen with his 'spicy' tell-all book against Trump By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:10:48 GMT Rosie O'Donnell began helping Michael Cohen with his tell-all book after she visited him in prison in Otisville, New York Full Article
w Health officials stay silent over exactly who is being tested for Covid-19 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:11:42 GMT Officials are refusing to provide a breakdown of exactly who is being tested for coronavirus amid accusations that the Government is massaging figures to hit targets set by Matt Hancock (pictured). Full Article
w Polar Vortex blasts the northeastern US as latest snow ever is recorded in New York's Central Park By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:15:30 GMT Polar Vortex has blasted into the northeast with record low temperatures, winds and snow. Mt. Washington has a low of just 10 degrees, while Death Valley, California, is could reach 110 degrees. Full Article
w Russian troops are using drones to track down members of failed Venezuelan coup, local media claims By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:18:39 GMT El Nacional published allegedly deleted tweets from state military command ZODI La Guaira center which claimed that Russian special forces members were aiding the search for coup members. Full Article
w Three children in New York die from a rare inflammatory syndrome that may be linked to coronavirus By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:23:57 GMT Three children in New York have died and 73 more cases have been reported of a rare inflammatory syndrome exhibiting symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease or toxic shock-like syndrome. Full Article
w French resistance heroine who helped liberate Paris from the Nazis has died aged 101 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:24:14 GMT Cecile Rol Tanguy (pictured) died yesterday at her home in Monteaux, central France, as Europe commemorated the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces. Full Article
w Piers Morgan admits he has probably 'taken things a bit too far' with his criticism of Meghan Markle By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:40:20 GMT The Good Morning Britain presenter has previously accused the Duchess of Sussex of having 'ditched' her own relatives and splitting her husband Prince Harry from the Royal Family. Full Article
w Fifteen Royal Caribbean crew members go on hunger strike until bosses agree to let them go home By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:53:59 GMT The 15 crew members have not eaten since Thursday afternoon, out of desperation and after waiting close to two months out at sea stranded because of COVID-19. Full Article
w Harry Dunn's life mattered and we will honour it By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:27:22 GMT Almost nine months since 19-year-old Harry Dunn tragically lost his life, his family wake every day with the knowledge that justice has not been served. Full Article
w Matt Hancock now 'on borrowed time' after battles with Michael Gove, Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:44:41 GMT Matt Hancock is living on 'borrowed time' as Health Secretary following clashes with the three most powerful members of the Government over the Covid crisis, The Mail on Sunday has been told. Full Article
w Lawyer: Deputy led armed group to black teen's home By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:17:44 GMT An armed group of white people knocked on the door of Monica Shepard. The group demanded to know information about a young missing girl. Among the mob was an off-duty Sheriff's deputy. Full Article
w British Airways owner's boss Willie Walsh warns against two week quarantine By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:23:33 GMT The CEO of International Airlines Group has waded into the row over the UK government's proposals to force travellers arriving into Britain, including UK citizens returning from holiday, into quarantine. Full Article
w Police fire pepper balls at crowd of protesters gathered at site of officer-involved fatal shooting By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 02:22:34 GMT Several dozen gathered at the intersection of 62nd Street and Michigan Road in Indianapolis on Saturday, where a police officer fatally shot Dreasjon 'Sean' Reed, 21, on Wednesday. Full Article
w Texas man who lives near El Paso arrested for allegedly making online threat to shoot up a Walmart By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:29:50 GMT Alex R. Barron, 29, of Horizon City, Texas, was arrested Friday evening after the FBI said it received a tip on Thursday evening about a social media post containing a threat against Walmart. Full Article
w Trump says US will start buying $3billion of agricultural goods from farmers to give to food banks By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:54:06 GMT President Trump announced the $3billion food buy - part of April's $16billion farmer assistance program - would begin next week, as unemployment continues to soar in the US. Full Article
w Dr. Fauci goes into 'modified quarantine' and two other Trump aides begin self-isolation By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:23:27 GMT Dr. Anthony Fauci (left), CDC head Robert Redfield (bottom right), and FDA chief Stephen Hahn (top right) will self-quarantine after coming into contact with an infected White House staffer. Full Article
w One-third of US coronavirus deaths are nursing home residents or workers with one-fifth in New York By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:27:29 GMT At least 25,600 residents and workers at US nursing homes or long-term care facilities for the elderly have died from coronavirus as of Saturday, new statistics show. Full Article
w Metropolitan police officers' spokesman blasts coronavirus response as 'wishy washy' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:43:27 GMT The Metropolitan Police Federation's Ken Marsh said British authorities 'needed to be firmer right from the beginning'. Pictured: Sunbathers in Greenwich Park, London yesterday. Full Article
w Britain's biggest unions threaten to tell workers to refuse return unless workplaces are made safe By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:45:00 GMT Leaders of unions such as Unite, Unison and the General have written an open letter to Boris Johnson demanding the government puts policies in place to make workplaces safe. Full Article