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Western Australia's tourism sector is expected to get a boost from a new marketing agreement between the state government and national airline Qantas.

Qantas has announced it will fly twice-weekly between Auckland and Perth over the holiday season.

Qantas has been selected by Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill Holdings to provide charter-air services for the $10 billion Pilbara mining project, which requires completion of a major debt funding package b

Perth-based FIRM Construction has been selected by German mining machinery manufacturer Wirtgen Group to build a $40 million sales and service facility in South Guildford.

Budget airline Jetstar says it will introduce non-stop flights from Perth to the Indonesian island of Lombok in September.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the carrier is set to announce a multi-million dollar joint marketing agreement with Tourism WA in a bid to promote Western Australia to a new raft of interna

No farmer would ever invite a fox into his hen-house, but a close look over the past few days at the strategic link forged by the one-time Australian flag-carrier, Qantas Airways, with Dubai-based

Tougher economic times and increased scrutiny have put a cap on the growth of executive remuneration.

WHILE the recent period of engagement with China goes back 40 years in diplomatic terms, and well into the 1980s at a trade level, there are plenty of cautionary tales from those doing regular busi

AS the world enters its fifth year of economic turbulence and even the best-insulated businesses in Western Australia are being affected, the factors that determine business influence in this state

Qantas Airways has announced it will increase capacity on its regional network in Western Australia, adding nine additional services each week.

Qantas Airwas shares increased from a seven week low today, despite the airline forecasting a fall in first half underlying profit of up to 66 per cent.

Qantas management is acting to secure the brand's future.

Until now the Qantas dispute has been a conventional disagreement between an employer and its employees but yesterday's call to effectively destroy the company means it has turned political and sho

The travel agency sector is crowded with suppliers, wholesalers and retailers, but two major players dominate the local scene. Emily Morgan reports.

After months of speculation Qantas has confirmed it has taken over regional airline Network Aviation to move into the fly-in-fly-out air charter market in a deal believed to be valued at more than $30 million.

The first flights have left Australia bound for Europe after a five-day airspace shutdown due to the risks posed by a massive ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland.

Qantas has agreed to pay a $20 million fine to the competition watchdog after it was caught in a price fixing scheme with British Airways in the air frieght market.

In a sign of the times, Qantas will commence weekly flights between resources boom towns Brisbane and Karratha from November 6, which the company says will provide the first direct air access between the east coast and the Pilbara.

Qantas is planning a significant patch-up job on its over-crowded Perth domestic terminal, spending around $50 million to expand its overburdened check-in and security facilities - with Westralia Airports Corp investing almost $20 million as well.

Former Rio Tinto Ltd chief executive Leigh Clifford will take the chair of Qantas Airways Ltd when current chair Margaret Jackson steps down in November, the airline has announced.

Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group Ltd has been contracted to provide IT systems integration and management services for Qantas Airways Ltd.

Qantas recently announced that one of its Boeing 767s will be fitted to allow mobile phone use in-flight.

Qantas has become the largest purchaser of the world's fastest selling twin-aisle aircraft, ordering 65 240-290 seat Boeing 787s worth $7.6 billion.

Qantas will launch a new long-haul low-cost airline under the Jetstar brand to start services by January 2007, which according to Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon "will have a fleet of 60 narrow and widebody aircraft within five years".

Dubai-based Emirates Airline has hit back at calls to stop it gaining additonal flights into Australia by the nation's only international carrier Qantas.

A decision expected this week by Qantas on the future operator of a fleet of 106-seat twin-engine Boeing 717s will go a long way to determining the future direction of the state's airline system.

FEW political spectacles are more entertaining than government ministers seeking to explain the inexplicable. The plea by Qantas to have the 45 per cent cap on the airline's foreign ownership lifted has been rejected.

THE State Government has poured cold water on talk that Qantas' decision to suspend flights between Perth and Tokyo will affect bidding for the Government's air service contract, which is up for renewal next year.

LAST week's decision by Qantas to re-route the direct Tokyo-Perth flight via Sydney – adding an extra six hours to the trip – has outraged the local tourism industry.

GETTING an investment handle on the tourist industry is tough. Most overseas visitors will be splurging in sidewalk cafes, gaping at the Sydney Harbour bridge, tottering around the tasting facilities of vineyards and stretched out on the beaches.