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Qantas Airways is reviewing its flight operations, which could lead to more job cuts, capacity cuts and higher ticket prices, an Australian newspaper reported today.
Citing a memo to Qantas staff, The Age newspaper said details of the review would be released next week.
"The continuing increase in the price of oil has necessitated a further in-depth review of all aspects of the Qantas Group, particularly how our flying businesses will operate in this new cost environment," the memo from Chief Executive Geoff Dixon was quoted saying.
He said oil prices above US$140 ($184) a barrel had changed the way Qantas did business forever.
It has already cut routes, frozen executive wages and cut jobs while battling striking aircraft engineers over a long-running dispute, with engineers pressing for an average 5 per cent pay rise.
