Qantas is replacing two Boeing 747-400F freighters with the larger-capacity 747-8F for its cargo services to China and the United States from July 2019.

Virgin Australia says Qantas's argument its proposed codeshare with Cathay Pacific would not reduce competition is simplistic and incorrect.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the first year of Boeing 787-9 Perth-London nonstop flights has proven the concept of a Western hub.

This week's Throwback Thursday feature is Gerard Frawley's story on the historic day almost a year ago Qantas started nonstop Perth-London Heathrow flights.