Qantas News
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Sydney -
Cracks found in the wings of three Airbus A380s, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, by Qantas and Singapore Air, are of no concern and the two airlines say their planes are safe to fly.
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Sydney -
Australian airline Qantas is splurging on 100,000 free tickets at an estimated cost of $20 million, in a desperate bid to woo back disgruntled customers.
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Cairns -
Qantas' safety woes continue with a Qantas Airbus flying from the Philippines to Sydney being forced to land at Cairns after two fires broke out in the plane's cockpit.
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An American woman with the Twitter name “theashes” has been bombarded with messages from cricket fans and gathered nearly 11,000 followers.
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Sydney -
The Qantas engine drama continues. On Thursday an engine failed, beginning two days of emergency landings for Qantas planes in Singapore. Monday morning in Australia -- minutes ago -- Qantas announced three more engines needing deeper inspection.
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Singapore -
Unusual in aviation travel, two Qantas flights in as many days returned to Singapore with engine malfunctions, both described as "technical issues."
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After Thursday's dramatic emergency landing in Singapore by a Qantas aircraft with busted engine, another Qantas plane made an emergency landing in Singapore Friday after experiencing engine trouble.
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Singapore -
Qantas flight 32 en route to Sydney returned to Singapore after the number 2 engine had, according to the captain, a "technical issue." Reports from passangers and the media report an explosion, confirmed by photo evidence.
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Sydney -
Qantas, Australia's national air carrier, may never have had an accident but that doesn't mean that it has not permitted pilots 'wanting to crash planes' from flying.
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Qantas, after facing a turbulent year in 2008, found itself in another problem as its profit dipped down to a huge margin of 66%. The loss for the beleaguered airline is reportedly the single biggest since 2003.
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Qantas Headlines
Qantas will delay the delivery of two A380 planes by almost four years as it announces fresh $410m spending cuts.
Qantas says it will cut 500 jobs as it relocates its heavy maintenance and engineering work out of Melbourne.
Qantas says it will split its international and domestic operations into two separate divisions to help restructure its business.
The chief executive of Qantas says the airline would be forced to cut services and jobs should pro-Australia airline bills be passed.
Talks between Australia's Qantas and Malaysia Airlines about establishing a joint venture premium airline in Asia break down.
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The double-decker Airbus A380 landed safely with 459 people aboard after one of the Rolls-Royce's engine blew out.
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