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		<title>Qantas names its Airbus A380 fleet after famous Australians (in aviation)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qantas Airlines named its future fleet of 20 Airbus A380 aircrafts after famous Australians in aviation.
From Asia Travel Tips -
The full list of people who will have an A380 named after them are: 
• Nancy-Bird Walton – the first woman to fly a commercial aviation service in Australia.• Hudson Fysh – one of the founders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=airlinerblog.wordpress.com&blog=3275924&post=436&subd=airlinerblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hurray!!! Qantas starts LAX service with its Airbus A380</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/hurray-qantas-starts-lax-service-with-its-airbus-a380/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Today Qantas became the first airline to fly a commercial flight to USA (Los Angeles) on the world&#8217;s largest commercial aircraft, Airbus A380. The current flight numbers for the the Airbus A380 are QF 11 and QF 12. The flight will allow passengers to fly Los Angeles (LAX) to Sydney (SYD) or Brisbane (BNE). The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=airlinerblog.wordpress.com&blog=3275924&post=393&subd=airlinerblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Glenn Tilton still beats Geoff Dixon on Airline CEO pay!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qantas&#8217; chief Geoff Dixon will step down next month with US $8.5 million (Australian $11.92 million) package this year which is still less than $10.3 million that United&#8217;s Glen Tilton received in 2007. But it does make Mr Dixon the second highest paid airline head! It is interesting to note that his compensation is much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=airlinerblog.wordpress.com&blog=3275924&post=380&subd=airlinerblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good News Everyone: Qantas receives its first Airbus A380 (with Video)</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/good-news-everyone-qantas-receives-its-first-airbus-a380-with-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 21st 2008, Sydney got its first landing by an Airbus A380 with Qantas&#8217; first A380 delivery.
Some highlights of the event -


Like Father like son - Captain Peter Probert flew the plane (his father flew the first Boeing 747 into Australia in 1971)
Flight &#8211; Flew from Toulouse, France (Friday night) and landed in Sydney about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=airlinerblog.wordpress.com&blog=3275924&post=331&subd=airlinerblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More problems for Qantas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Qantas was in news for it&#8217;s airplanes being in problems (here and here) esp. the hole in fuselage of a Boeing 747-400.
Qantas Airways faced another embarrassment on concerns of airworthiness of its Boeing 737-400s as according to a US FAA directive &#8220;to
carry out maintenance around the planes&#8217; pressure bulkhead because of
concerns they could crack&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=airlinerblog.wordpress.com&blog=3275924&post=279&subd=airlinerblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Second Qantas plane makes emergency landing!</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/second-quantas-plane-makes-emergency-landing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Qantas jet (Boeing 737-800) had to make an emergency landing. The plane made an emergency landing at Adelaide Airport (37 minutes after taking off from the airport) after a door opened during flight to Melbourne. The airline did announce that &#8220;the door covering the wheel bay was not closed properly during take-off&#8220;.
This is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=airlinerblog.wordpress.com&blog=3275924&post=260&subd=airlinerblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Qantas 747 lands with a hole in fuselage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Qantas 747-400 (QF 30 from London to Melbourne) was cruising at 29,000 feet when there was a loud boom. The boom was because of a hole which grew with a time extending from cargo hold into the passenger cabin. The cabin lost pressure and the aircraft started losing altitude (quickly descended 10,000 feet). The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=airlinerblog.wordpress.com&blog=3275924&post=256&subd=airlinerblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Airlines warn of new increases in Fuel surcharges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Rising cost of jet fuel is causing airlines all over the world to increase airfare. Australian airlines Virgin Blue and Qantas are looking into increase fuel surcharges. Starting next month (May 2008),  Virgin Blue is going to increase fuel surcharges by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=airlinerblog.wordpress.com&blog=3275924&post=87&subd=airlinerblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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