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David in 2018, qantas reported a profit of 1. 2 u. S. , its largest ever. Shareholders were awarded with buybacks and dividends of 360 million, while employees were showered with 50 million of bonuses. That was a far cry from the 2. 7 billion loss announced in 2014. There is no doubt. Todays numbers represent the year that has passed that we have now come through the worst. Alan how do you do . Nice to meet you. Welcome to qantas. David tell me about the turnaround. How did the plan evolve . Alan we had probably the perfect storm there around 2013. The conditions are important because we had high oil prices. They reached over 4 billion, the highest we have seen. We have simultaneously tried to take massive market share and being funded by a number of foreign airlines, extensively funded. We also had, because of a very high aussie dollar, a lot of International Carriers flying into australia. It was a perfect storm in all of our businesses. David joyce announced a 2 billion costcutting
Dogs eyes may have evolved to help them bond with humans. And coming up in Sport England are back in action at the cricket world cup. They take on afghanistan at old trafford in just over an hours time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Heathrow one of the worlds busiest airports will publish details of its expansion plans this morning. The project to build a third runway is expected to cost £14 billion, but is facing fierce opposition from environmental campaigners. The public will have 12 weeks to comment on the plans. Our transport correspondent, tom burridge, reports. They queue at heathrow. 99 of landing and take off slots at britains main airport are full. Theyre notjust queueing up to take off, theyre queueing up in the sky to get in. A plane will arrive or leave heathrow every 45 seconds. Its why heathrow says it needs a third runway. And this is the airports vision. The new runway will run over a new section of the busy m25. 761 homes will have to be moved, th
The awarding of the 2022 world cup to qatar. Labour Mp Stella Creasy says she is being forced to choose between being an mp and being a mum because of outdated parliamentary rules. And the Science Behind puppy dog eyes. New Research Suggests dog eyes may have evolved to help them appeal to humans. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Heathrow one of the worlds busiest airports has revealed its expansion masterplan. The project to build a third runway is expected to cost £14 billion, but is facing fierce opposition from environmental campaigners. The public will have 12 weeks to comment on the plans. The new runway will be situated over a new section of the busy m25, to be completed by 2026. 761 homes will be moved, with their owners compensated. Local roads will also be moved, and rivers. A new low emissions zone around heathrow could mean additional charges for many vehicles, and the airport hopes it will be linked up to Great Western and southern rail. Our transport correspon
Incident at Westfield High School in chantilly in fairfax county. The building was partially evacuated a short while ago. Firefighters are trying to clear out smoke. The smoke came from a students cell phone and that the battery might have been punctured. One person was taken to the hospital. We dont know if its a student or teacher. We do know theyll be just fine. Barbara . Thank you. Developing now on capitol hill, the house votes to pass the spending bill. A huge step in keeping the government running past tuesday. Right now the senate is debating the bill and will cast their vote later today. Looking live at the white house, its a busy last day before vacation in a few hours, president obama will host his final press conference of the year. You can watch a special report on nbc 4 at 1 50. Then later tonight, he will fly out to San Bernardino to privately meet with families affected by the latest mass shooting. He will then be heading to hawaii for their annual vacation. Temperature