An eager crowd of spectators gathered outside Manchester Airport to see the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, touch down. The arrival of the 500-seat super-jumbo signalled the introduction of a new daily service by Emirates from Manchester to the airline’s hub in Dubai. The aircraft’s arrival in Manchester ...

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Air New Zealand has announced a healthy increase in profits as other airlines say they are cautiously optimistic about the future. Virgin Blue also showed a return to form as its profits improved. For its fiscal year, ending in June, Air New Zealand was able to announce a net profit ...

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Concerns are being raised that the presence of Qantas Airways in Papua New Guinea could threaten the survival of the countries second largest airline. Qantas began scheduling flights to Papua New Guinea in July. One of the main reasons for this was so that it could tap into the market ...

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A price-fixing lawsuit brought against Qantas Airways has been allowed to go ahead after the Australian Federal Court overturned a decision by a lower court to dismiss the case. Qantas, and six other airlines, has been accused of conspiring to fix the price on shipments of cargo around the world. The ...

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Cathay Pacific has announced that, as of this November, it will be increasing the number of services it flies to Sydney, Cairns, Brisbane and Perth. The move to add flights to its Australian operations follows better than forecast results for the first half of the year. Cathay announced a massive ...

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Sydney Airport has managed to secure second place behind Hong Kong International as the most efficient airport in the Asia Pacific region serving more than 15 million passengers per year. A study by the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) also found that Perth Airport was the second most efficient airport ...

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Qantas has outlined details of its revamped in-flight entertainment service which will now include allowing passengers to stay glued to their seat-back screens from take-off right up until the aircraft reaches the gate. From this month the ability to watch the screens for longer will only apply to passengers on ...

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Competition in the domestic aviation market looks set to increase as Tiger Airways plans to increase its market share from seven to 10 per cent. The budget off-shoot of Singapore Airlines also plans to have 30 aircraft based in the country by 2016, according to industry analysts. In May, the airline ...

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Malaysia Airlines has announced that it will be investing RM450 million in improving offerings and service standards to its customers. The investment will be spread over five years. Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid, the airline’s chairman, said that plans to continually invest in Malaysia Airlines proved how committed the carrier ...

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The boss of a leading car hire firm joined more than 680 other company chief executives from across the nation to bed down in the open for a night to raise awareness and money for Australia’s homeless people. Bryn McGoldrick, CEO of Thrifty Car Rental, said that he had decided ...

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