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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 10:15 am
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Pacific Blue limited to 90 minutes ETOP, Virgin Blue 60 minutes.

NZ Herald

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Budget airline Pacific Blue has adequate safety systems in place, New Zealand aviation authorities say -- despite a 90-minute restriction on how far its aircraft can travel from a runway.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that Pacific Blue's domestic Australian carrier, Virgin Blue, had been banned from flying more than an hour away from an airport at all times because of flaws in its maintenance records
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90 minutes ETOP shouldnt affect trans-tasman, domestic or any potential south pacific routes (other than Cook Islands and Tahiti).
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