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Chile volcano erupts

Volcanic ash forces Virgin Australia to cancel flights

Virgin Australia Ltd. said that it will suspend flights in and out of the southern city of Adelaide on Tuesday as dust from a Chilean volcano returns to Australian airspace.

Ash Cloud Cancels more Flights in Australia / South America Travel Resumes

Both Qantas and Virgin Australia canceled flights that were scheduled for Thursday to New Zealand and (until early morning) to the western Australian city of Perth as the ash cloud from Chile’s Puyehue volcano continued to spread and strand thousands more travelers.

Chile’s Volcanic Ash Cloud Cancels Flights in Argentina, Uruguay, Australia & New Zealand

The Puyehue volcano, which lies on the border between Chile and Argentina, continued to spew ash over the Andes and Patagonia regions of South America on Tuesday, grounding flights across the Southern Hemisphere.

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Airlines take different 'routes' due to ash clouds

Australia's two largest airlines continue to disagree with each other on how to deal with the safety risk posed by the cloud of ash from a Chilean volcano on Tuesday.

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Australia's Qantas offers redundancies to cabin crew

Australia's Qantas Airways said it expects to cut around 350 of its cabin crew jobs, or 5 percent of total, under a voluntary redundancy program as the airline seeks to reduce costs to offset higher fuel prices.

The rats may not have survived the floods

Rats on a Plane! Qantas Flight Attendants Find Rodents in the Medical Equipment

Last week we had snakes on a train. This week there’s rats on a plane.

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World Market Overview 04/14/2011

The Australian share market pared early losses to close around 0.2 per cent higher, as investors snapped up bank stocks and other cyclicals with attractive dividend yields.

Qantas to curb flights, cut jobs to offset fuel

Australia's Qantas Airways plans to scale back some flights and cut management jobs to help offset soaring fuel prices and an estimated A$140 million ($144 million) hit to its earnings from a string of natural disasters in key markets.

Qantas to cut capacity, reduce management to offset fuel

Australia's Qantas Airways plans to axe capacity and management jobs and retire some aircraft early under cost-cutting measures aimed at offsetting soaring fuel prices and the impact of natural disasters in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

Qantas to raise fares on high fuel prices

Australia's top airline Qantas has raised airfares to offset rising fuel costs that is threatening airline profits.

Qantas, Singapore up fuel surcharge, Cathay warns on oil impact

Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday they would raise fuel surcharges to offset higher oil prices, while Cathay Pacific <0293.HK> warned that growing energy costs could hurt its profits.

Egyptian tourism drop could deal devastating economic blow to country

The violent protests in Egypt could deal a major blow to the country’s vital tourism industry, a development that could be economically crushing to the already riot-ravaged country.

Qantas to resume A380 services to Los Angeles from January 16

Qantas Airways will resume Airbus A380 flights between Australia and Los Angeles from January 16, the airline said on Tuesday.

30th June strikes

Travelers, air passengers stranded as Europe freezes due to heavy snowfall

Heavy snow and ice grounded air travel across Europe for a third day on Monday leaving thousands of passengers stranded even as airports struggled to clear a backlog of flights cancelled or delayed by snowfalls.

Airbus misses A380 goal, presses on A350

Engine checks on the world's largest airliner following last month's Qantas emergency have scuppered Airbus's hopes of meeting a target of delivering 20 A380 superjumbos this year.

Airbus to miss A380 delivery target

Airbus will fall one plane short of its delivery target for the A380 superjumbo this year, following engine checks in the wake of last month's Qantas

Airbus lifts demand forecasts amid Asian growth

Airbus raised its forecast for aircraft demand over the next 20 years, citing the travel needs of 6 billion people in emerging economies as airlines stage a stronger-than-predicted rebound from recession.

Qantas pilots saved crippled Airbus, investigator says

Pilots of a crippled Qantas Airbus A380 superjumbo struggled with more than a dozen system errors after an engine blew apart on Nov 4 and landed the plane in Singapore with barely any runway to spare, an Australian investigation showed.

Qantas claims Rolls-Royce breached A380 engine contract

Qantas Airways is claiming damages from engine maker Rolls-Royce over faulty Airbus A380 engines and loss of business, as investigators concluded a design fault was the likely cause of a mid-air engine failure on an Airbus A380 last month.

Qantas alleges Rolls-Royce breaches over engines: court document

Qantas Airways has alleged engine maker Rolls-Royce was in breach of duty when it supplied engines for its Airbus A380 aircraft because of a design defect, the airline said in document filed in an Australian court.

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Travolta, Kelly have a new baby boy

The couple went through tough times after losing their 16-year-old son, Jett, last year due to a seizure attack.

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Rolls-Royce to replace turbines in Airbus A380s

The world’s second largest engine maker Rolls-Royce Group Plc is making arrangements to ship engines from Airbus SAS A380’s production line to replace turbines

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Rolls-Royce cuts profit forecast, blames engine failure

Rolls-Royce expects full year underlying profit growth to be slightly lower than its prior forecast, blaming engine failure incident on a Qantas A380 super-jumbo flight last week.

Down Under, Oprah is a Wonder!

Guests at a recent recording of the Oprah Winfrey show were in for a surprise when the chat show queen announced that she was flying them all down to Australia to can two shows from the final season of her talk show.

Boeing pushes back 787 Dreamliner first delivery date

Boeing Co said on Friday it now expects delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner in the middle of the first quarter 2011, owing to a delay in engine availability.

Boeing pushes back 787 Dreamliner first delivery

Boeing Co has pushed back delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner by several weeks due to a delay in the availability of a Rolls-Royce engine which is needed for the final phases of flight testing.

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