Qantas Airways
Six of the best
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
BRW asked six leading management thinkers to name their favourite chief executive.
Keyboard warriors
| Jackie Range
Companies can’t hide from social media so how can they to turn a potentially hostile environment into a positive space.
Qantas talks stall
Qantas has just exited from talks with Malaysia Airlines to work as partners on international routes.
The productivity challenge
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Employers blame the industrial relations regime for the drop in productivity, but there’s more to it than that.
Business gets cooking
| Damon Frith
Last week was a reality check for chief executives who met the homeless at Sydney’s inaugural Charity CEO Cook-off.
Figures of speech
| Samantha Hutchinson
Corporate audiences can be a tough crowd, so business leaders need to convey credibility, passion, and vision to win them over.
Qantas #fail
| Jessica GardnerThe #qantasluxury Twitter fail was due to a lack of strategic direction on social media.
Socially inadequate
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
Rebuilding a brand needs to start from the inside out, as #QantasLuxury discovered.
Qantas faces its moment
| Damon Frith
Frith | The path to the crisis enveloping Qantas began in 1990.
Two strikes rule yet to upset board
| Michael Bailey
So far the new ‘two strikes’ rule on executive pay has not been invoked to oust a company’s directors.
Qantas mobile flyers
|A partnership between Qantas and telecommunications provider Optus could add about $20 million to Qantas’ 2011-12 earnings.
Breaking up is good for some
| Damon Frith
Finding value stocks with good growth potential is not a simple task.
Carbon price delay poses threat
| Jessica Gardner
Canberra needs to give full details of its carbon tax plans, or Australian companies with global operations could be hit with emissions penalties overseas.
First class just for rock stars
| Leng Yeow
First class is no longer fashionable and airlines are altering planes to reflect this.
Peer approval
| Kath WaltersIt’s been a thorny year for many of the companies on the top of the BRW Most Respected Companies list in 2010.
Airport self-service spreads its wings
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
Qantas has launched automated check-in at domestic terminals.
The dollar’s impact
| David JamesAs the $A approaches parity with the greenback, analysts are re-rating stocks.
Marketing: The best campaigns
| Jessica Gardner
Campaigns that pull on the heart strings rate highly among marketing folk.
Market Update
| David James
Brokers sceptical on Telstra, questions over Comm Bank’s premium, positive on Qantas, Coke packs a punch and mixed reviews of Transurban.
Carriers smarten up, cash in
| Lisa Allen
Business travellers have recovered from the financial crisis and taking to the skies, and carriers are adding flights and streamlining processes to attract customers.
Travel curbs off, spend away
| Lisa Allen
As the economy picks up, companies are finally relaxing the tight travel restrictions brought in during the global financial crisis.
Travel mates stick together
| John Stensholt and Lisa Allen
Jetset Travelworld is set to merge with Stella Travel Services, a deal seen as sound after recent turbulence.
Cheap makes airlines cheerful
| Jeffrey Hutton
No-frills airlines are adding extra services, as consumers look to pare back their costs.
Market Update
| David James
Qantas flies high, brokers non-committal on boutique funds, Resmed looking good and Caltex’s looming margin squeeze.