00:01Hello, how are you all?
00:04A premium result that comes with a new destination.
00:07Are you excited about Las Vegas?
00:09The Qantas boss hyping up her team as the airline announces a bumper profit.
00:14Australian's appetite for travel continues to be incredibly strong.
00:18We're seeing this across leisure and business purpose travel.
00:22But behind the good news lay some concerns.
00:26We are seeing security navigation costs and airport costs growing at double inflation.
00:31That is an industry issue that will put pressure on fares.
00:34Qantas posted a $925 million profit up slightly on the same period last year.
00:41More than 15 million people flew with the airline while nearly 13 million travelled with Jetstar.
00:48Nine new planes were delivered to the group as Qantas spent $1.8 billion on renewing its fleet
00:55with billions more earmarked.
00:57Around 60% of Jetstar's increase in profitability was driven by these next generation aircraft.
01:04One of the major announcements by CEO Vanessa Hudson was to Qantas' frequent flyer program.
01:10Making it easier to move between tiers by allowing members to roll over unused status points
01:14as well as earn them through everyday shopping.
01:17They're trying to drive the loyalty side of it as well as making profits.
01:21So loyalty means trying to keep passengers away from Virgin.
01:24As competition heats up.
01:27I am actually a like pretty loyal to Qantas.
01:30Probably not as loyal to Qantas as I once was.
01:33That's something the flying kangaroo is trying to win back.
01:37What do!*
01:40Up in his camp.
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