Last week the Flying Kangaroo kicked long-time beau British Airways to the kerb, instead promising the Middle Eastern carrier they would be bestest friends forever (or at least until something better comes along).
Guests at the coughtail party, held at the Park Hyatt in Sydney and hosted by Qantas boss Alan Joyce and Emirates head Tim Clark, stuck their noses into a trough of top-notch nosh prepared by celebrity chef Neil Perry, who was spotted hand-making canapes. ..
. . . the biggest enigma lay within the goodie bag handed out to the needy throng.
Guests got travel guides, a passport folder and a bottle of bubbly - and not just any old plonk, but Taittinger's 2000 vintage Comtes de Champagne, which fetches $320 to $350 a bottle.
''It was a joint venture,'' a Qantas spokeswoman said. ''Both Emirates and Qantas contributed to that goodie bag.''
