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Air Force seeks community ideas on centenary celebrations
/ | 6 Comments on Air Force seeks community ideas on centenary celebrationsWhile the centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force will not take place until March 31 2021, planning has already begun for the best way to mark the milestone. And the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies, wants the public to be involved. To that end, AIRMSHL Davies launched Air Force 2021 in
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Qantas to go daily to Dallas/Fort Worth with A380s
/ | 6 Comments on Qantas to go daily to Dallas/Fort Worth with A380sQantas will deploy its flagship Airbus A380 daily to Dallas/Fort Worth from April 2016 as part of broader changes to the airline’s international network. Currently, the oneworld alliance member serves Dallas/Fort Worth with six flights a week from its Sydney hub. However, it will add an extra service to the largest hub of its partner American
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Qantas’s Retro Roo II touches down
/ | 40 Comments on Qantas’s Retro Roo II touches downQantas has celebrated its 95th anniversary with both a nod to its past and a look to the future. The past, in the form of Retro Roo II, a Boeing 737-800 with registration VH-VXQ, was unveiled to invited guests, media and staff at the company’s Hangar 416 at Sydney Airport on Monday. The airline’s second
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Joyce expects travellers to return to Paris
/ | 4 Comments on Joyce expects travellers to return to ParisQantas chief executive Alan Joyce believes the recent terrorist attacks in Paris will not dissuade passengers from travelling to France. The series of bombings and shootings at multiple locations across the French capital on Friday (European time) have killed 129 people and wounded hundreds more. Qantas has allowed passengers holding tickets to travel to Paris
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Sydney services give American Airlines “skin in the game”, says Qantas chief
/ | 3 Comments on Sydney services give American Airlines “skin in the game”, says Qantas chiefQantas CEO Alan Joyce says American Airlines operating the Los Angeles-Sydney route gives the world’s biggest airline “skin in the game”, helping ensure the success of the two airlines’ new joint venture partnership. American Airlines and Qantas have been codeshare partners on the trans-Pacific for 25 years, but American will return to the Australia-US market
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