Qantas has significantly expanded its code share agreement with China Eastern Airlines, gaining better access to major cities in China and meeting strong demand from the business market. From 1 May 2013, Qantas will code share on China ...
Emirates Tim Clark and Qantas Alan Joyce at the signing of the agreement. Understandably, Qantas and Emirates airlines have welcomed the ACCC's conditional approval of their partnership, while the Transport Workers Union continues its ...
Pioneering bosses at Virgin are introducing a jet with a glass floor to give passengers an uninterrupted view of the Earth from 30,000ft. It will offer an amazing “walking on air” experience, with the world at your feet. The ...
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Expedia.com today announced the addition of a set of robust, visual mobile itineraries capabilities to its award-winning Expedia mobile app. Because the itinerary is connected to the traveler's Expedia itinerary, the mobile app gives the ...
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Car rental company Hertz has secured a contract from the airlines company Lufthansa to supply over 1,000 vehicles under the CarPool system for three years. The car rental company will maintain and operate the vehicles, which are fitted ...
HP officially announced the ElitePad 900 tablet in the Middle East today, following months of waiting since the company announced Emirates Airlines as the global launch partner back in December. The ElitePad 900 was presented to ...
The Chinese New Year race meeting at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Shatin racecourse is a key fixture in both the sporting and social calendar of China's special administrative region. The 2013 meeting saw Coda Audio's Airline LA8 system ...
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has added a local airline to his Hawaiian holdings, following his purchase last year of Lanai, one of the state's islands. Ellison finalized the purchase of Island Air this week. Terms of the deal weren't ...
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Airbus: Asia-Pacific will add nearly 10,000 aircraft in the next 20 years On the evening of Feb.25th, in Singapore, the aircraft manufacturer Airbus Corporation (Airbus) released Asia-Pacific aviation market forecast over the next 20 ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 has closed down 2.3 per cent at 4980.1, its biggest fall in nine months. More than $36 billion was wiped from the value of Australian shares in the market's largest one-day decline since May 18, pulling back from ...
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AMS 3095A qualification aids airlines in selecting exterior paint for mixed fleets SYLMAR, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace business has qualified nine coatings systems to SAE International’s ...
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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. Photo courtesy of the ABC. The Qantas Group has announced statutory profit after tax of $111 million and underlying profit before tax of $223 million for the six months ended 31 December 2012. This includes $125 ...
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Christian Wijnants was announced the winner of the 2013 International Woolmark Prize, during the final award event held at the ME Hotel. Natalie Massenet, Chairman of the British Fashion Council opened the event; a judging panel including ...
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US frozen-food firm Overhill Farms has seen its first-quarter profits slide after a shift in product mix, less favourable commodity prices and increased costs weighed on margins. Alongside the results, Overhill revealed it was in talks ...
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A watch that doubles as a computer and two-way radio has been a technology vision since at least the 1950s. Recently, reports that Apple is building an iWatch have lit a fire under the smart watch concept, at least in part because of ...
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