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Qantas CEO defends recent mid-air turn backs of several scheduled flights
February 6th 2023
Qantas Group CEO, Alan Joyce, has defended the number of Qantas flights that have returned to their destinations after encountering mid-flight issues, arguing they were a “symptom of strong safety systems”. Read More » The Australian carrier has faced scrutiny of its operational reliability after recent mid-air turn backs attracted significant media attention. “Looking at our data, there is no change from our average rate of turn backs before and after COVID, which for Qantas is around 60 a year or one per 2,000 flights,” Joyce said. “We will always put safety before schedule. But as the figures and our record show, Qantas is back to delivering on both.”
