Qantas removes The Australian Financial Review from lounges, in-flight wi-fi amid coverage clash

Qantas has stopped distributing Nine’s business publication The Australian Financial Review (AFR) in its lounges and through in-flight wi-fi, after signing a digital content deal with the masthead in July last year. 

According to a report from the AFR’s sister masthead, The Sydney Morning Herald, its disappearance from the airline came after prolonged coverage from Rear Window columnist, Joe Aston, who has been critical of Qantas’s outgoing CEO Alan Joyce’s tenure.

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