Vanessa Hudson reveals jumbo profit from new routes, strong travel demand
Aircraft, aircraft, planes
Underlining the difficulty of modernizing the company’s fleet, reducing operating costs and increasing flexibility, Qantas said that he bought 20 additional Airbus A321xlr planes in addition to 28 annexes on his order.
Qantas is the first airline to fly the plane in Australia after Spain’s flag carrier Iberia and Ireland’s Aer Lingus. The narrow -bodied jet uses a new design with an extra fuel tank that increases its range and keeps the cost per passenger low, while it allows Asia and home to fly in Turkey.
Extra 20 XLR in the order will have false business seats, which means that they can be used on international and internal flights.
“Any airline who wanted XLR could not get the nests we had, Hud Hudson said in an interview with this masthead. “These planes come in 2028 [but] After 2030 you cannot release the XLRS, so it will return to the really important strategic decision that we have now approved three years ago. “
In 2022, Qantas gave an order with Airbus for 28 of the new aircraft, and the option to buy more is now exercising. After trying the new aircraft in the Sydney Route in Melbourne busy last month, he plans to start regular passenger flights in Qantas’s local network in mid -September.
Hudson said Jetstar would take the 321xlr aircraft at a later date.
Atlas Funds Management’s Hugh Dive, Qantas’s Jetstar, as well as international and loyalty program profits are “emphasis”, he said.
The company’s new aircraft costs and the net debt, which meets the maintenance of capital, were directed by capital expenditures, but this is due to the capture of Capex to modernize the fleet after the previous CEO of the beings’.
Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson is in the first 321xlr in its factory in Hamburg. The plane has been delivered since then.Credit: Airbus
Turbulent return
In the second year of a return designed by Hudson, who took over from the controversial predecessor, Joyce, Qantas. Under the management, he tried to rebuild the airline public image, to update industrial relations disagreements without any problems and update the current local fleet with both new aircraft and new interiors.
Hudson apologized to the affected workers while explaining the result of the buffer on Thursday: um I am really sorry for the effect of losing their business and the impact of the next five -year legal process on themselves and their families. We accept the result and responsible for our actions. ”
Qantas shares have gained more than 34 percent since the beginning of the year, as the demand for travel remained unlimited with the cost of life.
Qantas, who wants to take advantage of the live stock price to improve industrial relations, announced a new employee share plan, allowing 25,000 personnel to receive $ 1000 annually after a one -time payment in December 2024.
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