Qantas to Resume Flights – Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman Peter Gibson said the agency had given Qantas the OK to resume flying. The safety authority’s decision means the “Flying Kangaroo,” as the Australian flag carrier is known, can restart flights by Monday afternoon, as Qantas CEO Alan Joyce had predicted earlier in the day. [...]
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Qantas To Boost Domestic Flights – Qantas said it would expand its capacity by 9.6 per cent, while Jetstar would swell by up to 30 per cent this year when all the extra flights were operating. The Qantas expansion is being viewed by some industry watchers as an opportunistic move against domestic rivals Virgin Blue [...]
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Qantas Diversions Due To Ash Clouds – Qantas has been forced to divert two flights bound for London to Frankfurt in Germany after Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud caused several UK airports to close again. A third flight was stranded in Dubai until London airspace re-opens after being diverted there because of a medical emergency, the [...]
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