The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has announced it will take the unprecedented step of conducting a special review of flag carrier Qantas after three separate emergencies in two weeks.

I am wondering how many people may want to fly with Australian Qantas Airlines as accident after accident happen there that seriously question the safety regulations and maintenance. Now door opens mid-Qantas flight; plane makes an emergency landing. This happened TODAY, just few days after the hole opening emergency 3 days ago.

Qantas has arranged for a replacement aircraft to fly to Manila tonight to collect the passengers from QF30, which was diverted earlier today en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne.

Bruce McCaffrey, who was formerly the vice-president in charge of freight operations in the United States for Australian flag carrier Qantas, has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment and fined US$21,000 by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) for his involvement in a major air cargo price fixing cartel.

According to a report today in the Australian Financial Review, Qantas may be eyeing Jetset Travelworld as a potential acquisition target in its recent business restructure.

Qantas said today that its casual Flight Attendant arrangements were in line with standard industry practice, and had been agreed between Qantas and the short haul division of the FAAA.