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Nepali mountaineer Apa Sherpa has broken his own world record scaling the 8,850-metre summit of Mt. Everest for the 17th time. 47-years-old Apa reached the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) summit of Mount Everest by the South Col route.
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Filed under: News Just as prices for international travel hit amazing new lows, it seems Qantas is eager to find a way to claw a few dollars back. Seems they want to...
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Air safety investigators on Friday ruled out interference from a U.S. naval transmitter as the cause of a Qantas jetliner nose-diving twice off the Australian coast...
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Qantas Airways Ltd. shares rose in early trading Friday after the airline and British Airways announced that they had been unable to agree on terms of a proposed merger...
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Qantas Airways Ltd. and British Airways have been unable to agree on the terms of a proposed merger that both carriers had hoped would help them fend off an industry...
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Qantas Airways Ltd. and British Airways have been unable to agree on the terms of a proposed merger that both carriers had hoped would help them fend off an industry...
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Qantas Airways Ltd. says it won’t merge with British Airways after talks ended without an agreement.
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Qantas Airways and British Airways were fined by an Australian court Thursday for their involvement in a price-fixing cartel in the global air freight industry, a...
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A merger of Qantas and British Airways wouldn’t pass muster without control of the “Flying Kangaroo” remaining in Australia, officials insisted...
made popular Dec 3 2008
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British Airways PLC says it is in talks with Australian airline Qantas Airways Ltd. about a potential merger.
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The Australian government plans to increase the level of foreign ownership allowed in flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. but will not permit a takeover, according to...
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Qantas Airways Ltd. slashed its full-year profit forecast and will cut flights to cope with plumetting demand because of the global economic downturn.
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Air safety investigators are exploring whether interference from a U.S.-Australian naval transmitter or even a passenger’s laptop caused a Qantas jetliner to...
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Qantas Airways Ltd. said Tuesday it had agreed to pay Australia’s competition watchdog a 20 million Australian dollar ($12 million) fine for the airline’s...
made popular Oct 28 2008
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A faulty computer unit likely caused a Qantas jetliner to experience two terrifying midair plunges within minutes last week, an Australian investigator said Tuesday.
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Qantas Airways said Thursday it will compensate all passengers who were on board a plane that made a terrifying plunge this week, tossing people around the cabin and...
made popular Oct 9 2008
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Instruments aboard a Qantas airliner warned of a glitch in its stabilization system when it suddenly rose and plunged, tossing unbelted passengers to the ceiling and...
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Australia’s air safety bureau is investigating the sudden altitude plunge of a Qantas airplane that left as many as 40 people injured, 20 of them seriously,...
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Aviation industry accounts for two percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and has come under increasing pressure from environmental campaigners....
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Well-known for in-flight entertainment, Australia’s largest airline Qantas plans to expand its operations in New Zealand and offer new business services, as...
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No doubt, several airlines have been offering comfortable in-flight sleeping options for many years. But these days, several airlines are taking steps to provide more...
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The Airline Partners Australia (APA) consortium bidding for Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd. has announced that it has received last-minute backing from a large US...
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The $8.4 billion private equity offer to acquire Qantas is now set to be grounded, with a large institutional shareholder opting not to accept its offer and others are...
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