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Inside Qantas’ plan to turn Australia’s tyranny of distance into profit

Qantas has built a business case for ultra-long direct flights from Sydney to London. Soon it will have the planes to fly them.

22.06.2026 20

WA Today

Chris Zappone

Inside Qantas’ plan to turn Australia’s tyranny of distance into profit

Qantas has built a business case for ultra-long direct flights from Sydney to London. Soon it will have the planes to fly them.

22.06.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

Inside Qantas’ plan to turn Australia’s tyranny of distance into profit

Qantas has built a business case for ultra-long direct flights from Sydney to London. Soon it will have the planes to fly them.

22.06.2026 30

The Age

Chris Zappone

Inside Qantas’ plan to turn Australia’s tyranny of distance into profit

Qantas has built a business case for ultra-long direct flights from Sydney to London. Soon it will have the planes to fly them.

22.06.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

Qantas’ Project Sunrise could be the Concorde in reverse

The supersonic airliner was an infamously niche service. Qantas’ new ultra long haul flights could start that way, but find a broader audience.

19.06.2026 20

WA Today

Chris Zappone

Qantas’ Project Sunrise could be the Concorde in reverse

The supersonic airliner was an infamously niche service. Qantas’ new ultra long haul flights could start that way, but find a broader audience.

19.06.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

Qantas’ Project Sunrise could be the Concorde in reverse

The supersonic airliner was an infamously niche service. Qantas’ new ultra long haul flights could start that way, but find a broader audience.

19.06.2026 20

The Age

Chris Zappone

Qantas’ Project Sunrise could be the Concorde in reverse

The supersonic airliner was an infamously niche service. Qantas’ new ultra long haul flights could start that way, but find a broader audience.

19.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

The ‘idiot’ sale: How Ryanair is using Elon Musk’s Wi-Fi anger for marketing

Musk, while championing Starlink, proves ruthless with his detractors. Most recently, the billionaire has landed in a public feud with the CEO of...

21.01.2026 40

WA Today

Chris Zappone

The ‘idiot’ sale: How Ryanair is using Elon Musk’s Wi-Fi anger for marketing

Musk, while championing Starlink, proves ruthless with his detractors. Most recently, the billionaire has landed in a public feud with the CEO of...

21.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

The ‘idiot’ sale: How Ryanair is using Elon Musk’s Wi-Fi anger for marketing

Musk, while championing Starlink, proves ruthless with his detractors. Most recently, the billionaire has landed in a public feud with the CEO of...

21.01.2026 50

The Age

Chris Zappone

The ‘idiot’ sale: How Ryanair is using Elon Musk’s Wi-Fi anger for marketing

Musk, while championing Starlink, proves ruthless with his detractors. Most recently, the billionaire has landed in a public feud with the CEO of...

21.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

Hawaiian shirts, shorts and cutting-edge weapons: A dive into the world of defence tech

Palmer Luckey, boss of defence contractor Anduril, sees a world of security problems that can be addressed, if not solved, with innovative...

05.01.2026 20

WA Today

Chris Zappone

Hawaiian shirts, shorts and cutting-edge weapons: A dive into the world of defence tech

Palmer Luckey, boss of defence contractor Anduril, sees a world of security problems that can be addressed, if not solved, with innovative...

05.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

Hawaiian shirts, shorts and cutting-edge weapons: A dive into the world of defence tech

Palmer Luckey, boss of defence contractor Anduril, sees a world of security problems that can be addressed, if not solved, with innovative...

05.01.2026 30

The Age

Chris Zappone

Hawaiian shirts, shorts and cutting-edge weapons: A dive into the world of defence tech

Palmer Luckey, boss of defence contractor Anduril, sees a world of security problems that can be addressed, if not solved, with innovative...

05.01.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

A decade after Peter Thiel backed Donald Trump, the ascent of the “tech right″⁣ has made billionaire founders “evil geniuses” in the eyes of many.

26.12.2025 30

WA Today

Chris Zappone

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

A decade after Peter Thiel backed Donald Trump, the ascent of the “tech right″⁣ has made billionaire founders “evil geniuses” in the eyes of many.

26.12.2025 70

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

A decade after Peter Thiel backed Donald Trump, the ascent of the “tech right″⁣ has made billionaire founders “evil geniuses” in the eyes of many.

26.12.2025 40

The Age

Chris Zappone

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

A decade after Peter Thiel backed Donald Trump, the ascent of the “tech right″⁣ has made billionaire founders “evil geniuses” in the eyes of many.

26.12.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

Airbus A320 grounding to have ‘ripple effects’ for days

Removal of 6000 A320s from global fleets, even for a single day, will upset the tightly choreographed schedules that airlines around the world depend...

29.11.2025 30

WA Today

Chris Zappone

Airbus A320 grounding to have ‘ripple effects’ for days

Removal of 6000 A320s from global fleets, even for a single day, will upset the tightly choreographed schedules that airlines around the world depend...

29.11.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

Airbus A320 grounding to have ‘ripple effects’ for days

Removal of 6000 A320s from global fleets, even for a single day, will upset the tightly choreographed schedules that airlines around the world depend...

29.11.2025 30

The Age

Chris Zappone

Airbus A320 grounding to have ‘ripple effects’ for days

Removal of 6000 A320s from global fleets, even for a single day, will upset the tightly choreographed schedules that airlines around the world depend...

29.11.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

Wi-Fi on board: Why I prefer flying without it

It’s one of the last places where you can have the peace of mind to concentrate, to work, to relax, even to be bored. How long will it last?

26.09.2025 30

WA Today

Chris Zappone

Wi-Fi on board: Why I prefer flying without it

It’s one of the last places where you can have the peace of mind to concentrate, to work, to relax, even to be bored. How long will it last?

26.09.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

Wi-Fi on board: Why I prefer flying without it

It’s one of the last places where you can have the peace of mind to concentrate, to work, to relax, even to be bored. How long will it last?

26.09.2025 40

The Age

Chris Zappone

Wi-Fi on board: Why I prefer flying without it

It’s one of the last places where you can have the peace of mind to concentrate, to work, to relax, even to be bored. How long will it last?

26.09.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

‘Wrong kind of sorry’: How Justice Michael Lee put Qantas to the (rhetorical) sword

At moments, Lee’s words appear to be written with a feathered quill. At others, a sword or a poisoned dart.

19.08.2025 30

WA Today

Chris Zappone

‘Wrong kind of sorry’: How Justice Michael Lee put Qantas to the (rhetorical) sword

At moments, Lee’s words appear to be written with a feathered quill. At others, a sword or a poisoned dart.

19.08.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

‘Wrong kind of sorry’: How Justice Michael Lee put Qantas to the (rhetorical) sword

At moments, Lee’s words appear to be written with a feathered quill. At others, a sword or a poisoned dart.

19.08.2025 30

The Age

Chris Zappone

‘Wrong kind of sorry’: How Justice Michael Lee put Qantas to the (rhetorical) sword

At moments, Lee’s words appear to be written with a feathered quill. At others, a sword or a poisoned dart.

19.08.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

How a confusing cockpit snippet invited doubt over the Air India crash investigation

The troubling dialogue revealed in a preliminary report is likely to haunt both investigators, relatives and the public alike.

13.07.2025 30

WA Today

Chris Zappone

How a confusing cockpit snippet invited doubt over the Air India crash investigation

The troubling dialogue revealed in a preliminary report is likely to haunt both investigators, relatives and the public alike.

13.07.2025 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

How a confusing cockpit snippet invited doubt over the Air India crash investigation

The troubling dialogue revealed in a preliminary report is likely to haunt both investigators, relatives and the public alike.

13.07.2025 40

The Age

Chris Zappone

How a confusing cockpit snippet invited doubt over the Air India crash investigation

The troubling dialogue revealed in a preliminary report is likely to haunt both investigators, relatives and the public alike.

13.07.2025 40

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone

Is the Air India crash one tragedy too many for Boeing’s reputation?

The prospect now that the Dreamliner could acquire the taint of a 737 Max-level issue, real or imagined, would be an unwelcome challenge for the...

13.06.2025 20

WA Today

Chris Zappone

Is the Air India crash one tragedy too many for Boeing’s reputation?

The prospect now that the Dreamliner could acquire the taint of a 737 Max-level issue, real or imagined, would be an unwelcome challenge for the...

13.06.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Chris Zappone

Is the Air India crash one tragedy too many for Boeing’s reputation?

The prospect now that the Dreamliner could acquire the taint of a 737 Max-level issue, real or imagined, would be an unwelcome challenge for the...

13.06.2025 30

The Age

Chris Zappone

Is the Air India crash one tragedy too many for Boeing’s reputation?

The prospect now that the Dreamliner could acquire the taint of a 737 Max-level issue, real or imagined, would be an unwelcome challenge for the...

13.06.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Chris Zappone