Aviation
Virgin seals short-haul pilot pay deal
Matt O'Sullivan About 1000 short-haul pilots at Virgin Australia will receive pay rises of up to 28 per cent over the next three years after they voted to support a new labour agreement.
Airlines
Pay rises for Virgin Australia's domestic pilots after new industrial agreement
Matt O'Sullivan About 1000 domestic pilots at Virgin Australia will receive pay rises of up to 28 per cent over the next three years after they voted in support of a new enterprise bargaining agreement.
Airlines
Qantas considers selling long-term terminal leases
Matt O'Sullivan Qantas stands to reap as much as $1 billion from relinquishing the long-term leases on passenger terminals at four airports, including Melbourne and Sydney, years before they expire.
CBD
Beer giants get a taste of our footy
Matt O'Sullivan The board of the world's second-largest brewer, SABMiller, got a history lesson in cricket and Aussie rules at the MCG on Wednesday night.
New offer
Investors jump on Aurizon share release
Matt O'Sullivan Rail company Aurizon is riding high.
Virgin queries Qantas on Tasman
Matt O'Sullivan Virgin Australia has urged the competition regulator to stop Qantas and Emirates from forming an alliance on the trans-Tasman route unless there are benefits to the flying public.
Virgin speaks out against Qantas-Emirates Tasman alliance
Matt O'sullivan Virgin Australia has urged the competition regulator to stop Qantas and Emirates forming an alliance on the trans-Tasman route unless there are benefits to the flying public.
Airlines
Virgin questions Qantas tie-up over Tasman
Matt O'Sullivan Virgin Australia has urged the competition regulator to stop Qantas and Emirates from forming an alliance on the trans-Tasman route unless there are benefits to the flying public.
Aviation
Virgin-Tiger deal 'a plus for market'
Matt O'Sullivan Virgin Australia boss John Borghetti insists his airline's bid to take control of Tiger Australia will prevent Jetstar from creating a monopoly at the leisure end of the country's air travel market.
Airlines
Tiger deal good for budget fares: Virgin
Matt O'Sullivan Virgin boss John Borghetti insists his airline’s bid to take control of Tiger will prevent Jetstar from creating a monopoly at the leisure end of the country’s air travel market.
Memorial
Strong: A life lived at full throttle
Matt O'sullivan It was five-time motorcycle champion Mick Doohan who summed up best his friend James Strong, one of Australia's leading business figures.
Strong praised as 'giant of aviation'
Matt O'Sullivan Hundreds of mourners from across Australia’s business, arts and sporting fraternities gathered in Sydney this afternoon to pay tribute to former Qantas chief James Strong.
Agribusiness
TPG buys Inghams with $880m bid
Matt O'Sullivan TPG has bought Australia's biggest poultry producer, Ingham Enterprises, for about $880 million.
Tiger deal on hold due to demand
Matt O'Sullivan The competition regulator has delayed making a decision on Virgin Australia's bid to wrest control of Tiger Australia after requesting more details about the deal.
Qantas planes sold to Iran
Matt O'Sullivan US investigators foiled a sophisticated plot to funnel three jumbo jets originally owned by Qantas to Iran, in defiance of strict trade sanctions.
Aviation
The plot to take three Qantas jumbos to Iran
Matt O'Sullivan In the summer of 2008-09, Qantas flew three of its ageing Boeing 747 jumbos to the US to park them at a giant graveyard for commercial planes in the Arizona desert.
The plot to take three Qantas jumbos to Iran
Matt O'Sullivan In the summer of 2008-09, Qantas flew three of its ageing Boeing 747 jumbos to the US to park them at a giant graveyard for commercial planes in the Arizona desert.
Airlines
ACCC delays decision on Virgin's Tiger bid
Matt O'Sullivan The competition regulator has delayed making a decision on Virgin Australia’s bid to take control of Tiger Australia after requesting more details about the deal.
Aviation
Qantas mulls buying 747 freighters
Matt O'Sullivan Qantas is in negotiations to buy several Boeing 747-400 freighters as it weighs up its options before the expiry of a large contract with an American cargo airline.
From the top of mountains to top of corporate tree
Matt O'Sullivan His flamboyant bow ties may have been his trademark but former Qantas boss James Strong will be remembered for a career as extensive as the number of high-risk adventures he pursued outside of the...
