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Photo by Kate GeraghtyTony Sheldon the National Secretary of the Transport Workers Union outside the Qantas AGM at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington, Sydney.

28th October, 2011. 28th October, 2011. Photo by Getty ImagesQantas grounds worldwide fleet. It suggests Qantas isn’t seeing an end to this anytime soon. Photo by Steve LunamA protestor holds a sign stating "Alan Joyce CEO, workers rights must not go", outside the Qantas AGM at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington, Sydney. 28th October, 2011. Photo by Kate GeraghtyQantas board members Brett Johnson (left), Qantas CEO Alan Joyce(center) and Paul Rayner (right) at the Qantas AGM at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington, Sydney.

Photo by AFPProtestors outside Qantas AGM at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington, Sydney, 28th October, 2011. The remaining daily service, the Boeing 787 QF 35/36 service will be swapped out for an A330.The seasonal Qantas service between Sydney and Vancouver is suspended over June and July 2020.Qantas says this strategy is their preferred option to exiting routes altogether. ALAN JOYCE ceo of Qantas on the 18th of October, 2011.Qantas shareholder Jack Tilburn arrives at the Qantas AGM at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington, Sydney, 28th October, 2011. Photo by AFPAt Sydney Airport, passengers Ann and Claudio Vasconcelos were caught up in the fiasco of the Qantas dispute while trying get to Brisbane and manged to get a flight only to Gold Coast with Jetstar.A distraught German tourist who would not give her name is caught up in the Qantas dispute at Sydney Airport.Long queues are seen at the Virgin Australia Domestic Terminal in Sydney on Sunday, after Qantas suspends flights.Qantas Airways personnel talk with passengers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).The Qantas check in area is seen empty at Sydney International Airport on Sunday.Beds are prepared for stranded Qantas Airlines passengers inside the ballroom of Regal Airport Hotel in Hong Kong October 30, 2011. Flights between Sydney and Hong Kong will stay at the reduced single service a day for the time being. Qantas fleet grounded 22 Images Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced on Saturday that all Qantas flights, both domestic and international are grounded. Around 50 of the planes are set for Victoria’s Avalon Airport, with another 24 parking up at Sydney (including most of Qantas’ 12-strong fleet of A380s). Qantas is pulling most of … Photo by ReutersQantas workers walk from an Airbus A380 jet at Sydney International Airport.A passenger leaves the Qantas Domestic Terminal in Sydney.A departures screen shows all Qantas flights as cancelled on October 29, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. As Mr Joyce says, the airline retains “Journalist - A Masters level education and appetite for travel combines to make Andrew an incredible aviation brain with decades of insight behind him. Qantas has announced further cuts to its international network. Be in the know.We use ads to keep our content free. Capacity will be reduced by 25% over the next six months amid a series of sweeping changes that will see over half the A380 fleet grounded and route and aircraft changes elsewhere. The upshot will be two daily 787 services between Perth and London.The Boeing 787 has about 250 fewer seats than the A380.In addition, the highly publicized Dreamliner route between The only regular A380 service left intact looks to be between Sydney and Los Angeles.Effective 30 March 2020, the 747 operating the Sydney – Haneda – Sydney route will be replaced by an A330.Between Melbourne and Singapore, the daily QF37/38 service will be canceled effective 20 April 2020.

Qantas flights between Sydney and Shanghai are now suspended until mid-July. The A380 that usually operates QF1/2 will be replaced by a smaller 787. Photo by Kate GeraghtyQANTAS held at the university of sydney kensington campus. Photo by Kate GeraghtyQantas shareholders during the Qantas AGM at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington, Sydney. The ALAEA said all 75 aircraft in Qantas's 737 fleet should be grounded and inspected regardless of their flight history. That’s two more than the six The flagship QF1/2 Sydney – Singapore – Heathrow route will become Sydney – Perth – Heathrow from 20 April 2020. Joyce has blamed ongoing industrial action as the reason behind the grounding and confirmed that all workers involved in the dispute will be locked out of the company from Monday night. Photo by Getty ImagesQantas aircraft sit parked at the terminal on October 29, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. Qantas planes sit grounded at Sydney International Airport on October 30, 2011 a day after the country's national carrier grounded its entire fleet due to a bitter industrial row. Working closely with airlines including Qantas and Virgin Australia, Andrew’s first-hand knowledge of the challenges and opportunities facing Australian airlines adds exciting depth and color to his work and sees him providing commentary to ABC News and more. Three year old Nevaeh Fetoai and mum Rebecca Morrison from Brisbane are stranded with no where to go.

Photo by Kate Geraghty In a statement, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said;Several existing route suspensions have been extended. "The checks only take about an hour so they should be able to get an aircraft, send some engineers out there, and if there are no cracks there, they can fly it," Mr Purvinas said. Capacity will be reduced by 25% over the next six months amid a series of sweeping changes that will see over half the A380 fleet grounded and route and aircraft changes elsewhere.Eight A380s will be grounded until mid-September 2020. Photo by Kate GeraghtyALAEA (Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association) Federal Secretary Steve Purvinas speaks to the media outside the venue before the start of the Qantas annual general meeting at the University of NSW in Sydney on October 28, 2011 as protesters hold up placards. Photo by ReutersA woman reads her book at the check-in lines of a Johannesburg-bound Qantas flight at Perth international airport October 30, 2011.

Qantas has announced further cuts to its international network. Flights between Melbourne and Hong Kong are staying at four flights a week and flights between Brisbane and Hong Kong are staying at three flights a week.These latest cuts mean Qantas has grounded the equivalent of 38 aircraft, reducing overall capacity by a quarter over the next six months.