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Balarinji, Qantas win design award for 787-9 Emily Kame Kngwarreye
/ | 2 Comments on Balarinji, Qantas win design award for 787-9 Emily Kame KngwarreyeBalarinji and Qantas have won a design award for adapting a painting by indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye on a Boeing 787-9.
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Cuba releases final report on 2018 737-200 Cubana de Aviacion crash
/A 737-200 chartered by Cubana de Aviacion that crashed at Havana in May 2018 took off with weight and balance calculations errors, investigators have found.
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Qantas, Virgin Australia take call for airport reforms to Canberra
| 2 Comments on Qantas, Virgin Australia take call for airport reforms to CanberraQantas CEO Alan Joyce and Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah have shared a stage at Canberra’s National Press Club calling for reforms to airport regulation.
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Airports Council says more than 8.8 billion passengers flew in 2018
/Airports Council International’s World Airport Traffic Report says about 8.8 billion passengers passed through airports in calendar 2018.
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Singapore Airlines’ August operating figures highlight tough cargo market
/Singapore Airlines has reported passenger growth of 6.5 per cent for the airline group for August. However cargo volumes fell 10.2 per cent.
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Virgin Australia to make its case for Tokyo Haneda slot
/ | 24 Comments on Virgin Australia to make its case for Tokyo Haneda slotVirgin Australia says it is seeking one of the two new slots available to Australian carriers for Tokyo Haneda airport to launch nonstop flights to Japan.
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