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World's largest aircraft has an engine blowout

A Qantas Airlines A-380 aircraft made an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi Airport on Thursday. The double-decker plane, flight QF32 bound for Sydney from Singapore, was carrying 433......

Ash crisis: Europe continues to remain no fly zone

European skies were a virtual no-fly zone for a fourth day on Sunday, with volcanic ash drifting from Iceland reaching as far as Russia, stranding tens of thousands of people as over 17,000 flights......

Rage over killing of Indian in Australia

Fury over the death of a 21-year-old Indian man in West Footscray on his way to work at a fast-food outlet on Saturday night has spilled onto India's media.21-year-old Nitin Garg staggered 300......

'Dr Death' Jayant Patel extradited to Australia

India-born surgeon Jayant Patel, who returned to Australia from the US to face manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of over a dozen patients, was granted a conditional bail on Monday by a......

Thousands stranded at Heathrow airport

Chaos prevailed at the world's busiest Heathrow Airport in London on Fridayas thousands of passengers were stranded following a wildcat strike by the ground staff forcing British Airways to cancel......

Cooking oil powers Qantas aircraft

Australian airliner Qantas on Friday flew the country's first commercial biofuel flight between Sydney and Adelaide using a mix of conventional fuel and refined cooking oil. John Valastro of Qantas......

Qantas resumes operations after 44-hour shutdown

Australian national carrier Qantas resumed operations on Monday after the dramatic escalation of its dispute with unions led to an unprecedented 44-hour grounding leaving thousands of its......

Disasters force Qantas to slash jobs

Australian national airline Qantas on Wednesday announced slew of cost-cutting measures, including job reductions, retirement of older aircraft and a reduction in domestic and international......

A380 engines may have manufacturing defect

Australia's transport safety officials probing the engine failure of a Qantas flight over Indonesia last month, have issued a fresh warning over Airbus A380 engines after discovering a......

Oil leak: Qantas to keep A380 superjumbos grounded

Qantas has decided to keep its fleet of A380 superjumbos grounded for at least next 72 hours as investigations continue into the incident of last week's mid-air engine failure that caused a major......

Spotted: Stuart Clark

ReaderPrasad sent us this picture.'Me, my wife Rekha and two children Vishaal and Neha were about to board Qantas Flight QF 124 from Mumbai heading to Sydney on April 11 when I spotted Aussie......

Asian sports confident of surviving money crisis

Asian sports bosses remain confident they can ride out the global financial crisis despite conceding the region is not immune and they will have to start tightening their belts.Leading officials......

Spotted: Lee, Ponting, Clark and Hussey

Reader Pratik Dave sent us these pictures from Sydney.'I met a few Aussie cricket players back in 2006. They might have shown aggression on the field but are down-to-earth and kind off the field.......

'Ind-Aus Test series will be tough'

Former Australian captain Steve Waughsaid he expected the Indian cricket team, now in a slump, to be all fired up and ready to take on the world champions in the forthcoming Test series in......

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Q. Qantas is the airline of which country?
Whizkid: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/qantas-is-the-airline-of-which-country/22824826/answers/

Q. Love language is universal are not ?
Manju: A. Australia more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/love-language-is-universal-are-not-/21966109/answers/22824833

Q. I am afraid A-380 will also go the way CONCORD vanished-Due to engine oil leak / fire- Qantas Airlines-All A 380s need engine change! Singapore airline also grounds all of them ! Pl comment is it a design flaw or else ?? Rolls Royce engines are used there in !!
Manju: A. This is the age of MCLR aircrafts (Medium capacity long range) like Boeing 777 and very soon 787 .Even Boeing 747 would be phased out soon. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/i-am-afraid-a-380-will-also-go-the-way-concord-vanished-due-/21966109/answers/18433272

Q. Which aircraft (747) series have EUD ?
SriniVenkat: A. There are currently four of these old Boeing 747-300s in the Qantas fleet, configured with only two classes of service. It is easy to spot them...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-aircraft-747-series-have-eud-/18433223/answers/16312883

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Historic Lyon Hotel Re-launches As Chic MGallery Whilst Celebrating The City's Artistic Roots

France's culinary capital now sits firmly on the Australian traveller's agenda thanks to the launch of Emirates-Qantas five-weekly services, and... ...

http://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/historic-lyon-hotel-re-launches-as-chic-mgallery-whilst-celebrating-the-citys-artistic-roots/

TravelSky Selects Unisys Logistics Management System and Cargo Portal Services to Provide Hosted Cargo Services to China's Airlines

/PRNewswire/ -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that TravelSky, the leading provider of information technology solutions for China's... ...

http://www.andhranews.net/Intl/Web/78-100.asp

Europe considers fines for Air India, Jet Airways

Brussels: The European Commission said Thursday that Air China and Air India were among 10 Chinese and Indian airlines facing the prospect of fines... ...

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/europe-considers-emission-fines-for-chinese-and-indian-airlines-368027?pfrom=home-otherstories

Qantas & Tourism Tasmania collaborates to augment visitors in Tasmania!

Qantas and Tourism Tasmania have commenced a joint marketing campaign to simplify travel to Tasmania and promote the island destination across the... ...

http://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/qantas-tourism-tasmania-collaborates-to-augment-visitors-in-tasmania/

Struggling Singapore Airlines fights back to boost growth

SIA's promotional fares on its mainstay long-haul routes have helped it boost traffic, but yields are under pressure. Premium class travel, which... ...

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/struggling-singapore-airlines-fights-back-to-boost-growth_872454.html

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