Qantas keeps it head low in the news lately
Feb 27, 2014, 7:57 pm
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It wasn't ALL bad news from yesterdays' announcement:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/w...cc444dcc3e7061
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/w...cc444dcc3e7061
Feb 27, 2014, 8:16 pm
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Call me a conspiracy theorist 
, but why was this article put in todays' paper when the writers trip to DXB was a few months ago.
Soften the blow from yesterday?? Put some good news back on the table? Hmmm...
, but why was this article put in todays' paper when the writers trip to DXB was a few months ago. Soften the blow from yesterday?? Put some good news back on the table? Hmmm...
Feb 28, 2014, 8:11 am
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/21753686/...n-los-angeles/
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Two Qantas planes have clipped wings while being towed out of a hangar in Los Angeles, causing the cancellation of two flights back to Australia.
No passengers were on board when the wing tips of an A380 and B747 came into contact at about 9pm LA time, Qantas said on Friday.
The damage was substantial enough to force the cancellation of flight QF94 to Melbourne and QF16 to Brisbane.
Customers have been put up in hotels and will be placed on the next available flights.
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Two Qantas planes have clipped wings while being towed out of a hangar in Los Angeles, causing the cancellation of two flights back to Australia.
No passengers were on board when the wing tips of an A380 and B747 came into contact at about 9pm LA time, Qantas said on Friday.
The damage was substantial enough to force the cancellation of flight QF94 to Melbourne and QF16 to Brisbane.
Customers have been put up in hotels and will be placed on the next available flights.
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Mar 1, 2014, 12:56 am
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Mar 1, 2014, 9:15 am
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Mar 1, 2014, 4:36 pm
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Mar 2, 2014, 1:17 am
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As a frequent flyer with average 350,000 miles per year (since 1995), a premium member of 4 FF programmes and an Australian I have my own view of Qantas, As a Melbourne based flyer I just hate the Sydney transfer. It’s just so makeshift and dysfunctional, especially inwards. I much prefer to make a seamless transfer in a properly set up international hub such as Dubai or Singapore. It’s always easy for me to make a decision to change airlines whenever I am offered a transfer through Sydney.
Mar 2, 2014, 3:35 am
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The bulk of that share slide came under Geoff Dixon.
Look at the graph at the top - AJ did not take over until the later 2008.
There was a massive run-up to9 the share price due to the failed APA takeover bid...
Airline Partners Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here's a pertinent quotation:
Margaret Jackson (Chairman) said the proposal provided an attractive premium for Qantas shareholders, being 33 percent higher than the closing share price of $4.20 on 6 November 2006, the day before the first speculation about the offer; and 61 percent above Qantas' volume weighted average share price of $3.48 over the six months to that date.
Mar 2, 2014, 9:46 pm
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Pictures of the A380 and 747 damage from their tug assisted bingle in LAX.
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...301-33so3.html
Why Steve Purvinas feels the needs to swear is beyond me??
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...301-33so3.html
Why Steve Purvinas feels the needs to swear is beyond me??
Mar 2, 2014, 9:48 pm
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As a frequent flyer with average 350,000 miles per year (since 1995), a premium member of 4 FF programmes and an Australian I have my own view of Qantas, As a Melbourne based flyer I just hate the Sydney transfer. It’s just so makeshift and dysfunctional, especially inwards. I much prefer to make a seamless transfer in a properly set up international hub such as Dubai or Singapore. It’s always easy for me to make a decision to change airlines whenever I am offered a transfer through Sydney.
