Qantas is reassessing its South American operations and considering the viability of tapping into Brazil’s strengthening economy by flying to either Rio de Janiero or Sao Paulo. If a new route is established it would probably mean Qantas would pull out of Argentina. The airline currently flies between Australia and ...
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A Qantas passenger jet was forced to turn back to San Francisco Airport after one of its engines blew up shortly after take-off. Flight 74, bound for Sydney, was carrying 230 passengers and crew, all of whom managed to disembark safely.
Simon Rushton, a Sydney based spokesman for Qantas, described how ...
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US airline giant Delta Airways could step up the competition on transatlantic routes between the UK and the US if it is allowed to run services between London Heathrow and the cities of Miami and Boston. The landing and take-off slots have become available at Heathrow because regulators ruled that ...
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Qantas has announced plans to expand capacity within Australia across a number of its networks. The plans include adding more flights to budget arm Jetstar as well as introducing new aircraft. Qantas aims to grow capacity by nearly 10 per cent and boost capacity on the Jetstar brand by around ...
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Qantas Airways has confirmed that it will be taking five Bombardier Q400 aircraft out of service because of concerns over the fittings of the landing gear. Simon Rushton, a spokesman for the airline, said there were issues with some of the fittings which meant Qantas would be grounding a number ...
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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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The country’s biggest airline, Qantas Airways, has announced that bookings are up as corporate travel at home and across Asia begins to bounce back from the effects of the worldwide recession. Speaking on Monday, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said although recovery could be better in the airline’s UK and ...
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The nation’s flag carrier, Qantas, has announced better first-half earnings than a year ago and claims it is now back into profit. Based on annual results, Qantas declared a net income for the second half of the year of $54 million. This is up on the same period ending June ...
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Virgin passengers will now be given the opportunity to earn frequent flyer rewards when they fly with any of the four Virgin airlines, regardless of which airline’s frequent flyer programme they are a member of. Speaking at the National Business Travel Association International Convention and Exposition, Sir Richard Branson said ...
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In order to tap into increased demand from countries such as Indonesia, Taiwan, China and Australia; Malaysia Airlines has announced that it will be developing an eastern hub in Kota Kinabalu. According to the airline the programme will be developed in three stages starting on 15 November this year.
Tengku Azmil ...
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