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Airbus lead widens as neo sales hit 1,000

Sales of Airbus' revamped A320neo topped 1,000 as the European planemaker extended its lead over Boeing in the annual tug-of-war for jetliner sales, figures showed Tuesday.
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Australia labor tribunal seeks to get Qantas fleet

Qantas Airways sparred with unions at a second labor tribunal on Sunday after Australia's prime minister called for an end to the industrial dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet, stranding tens of thousands of passengers around the world.
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Qantas grounds global fleet over labor dispute

Australia's Qantas Airways grounded its entire fleet Saturday over a bitter labor dispute, prompting the government to ask a tribunal to stop the conflict out of concern it is putting both the airline and the economy at risk.
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Australia's Qantas grounds all flights over labor

Australia's Qantas Airways grounded its entire fleet on Saturday over a bitter labor dispute in an unprecedented move, with the government asking a tribunal to stop the conflict which it worries is putting both the airline and the economy at risk.
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Whitney Houston Refuses to Fasten Seat Belt, Almost Kicked Off Plane

Whitney Hudson was almost kicked off a Delta Airlines flight, when the singer refused to fasten her seatbelt. Well certainly does not sound like the behavior of an adult in her senses, but she was under the influence of no drugs! TMZ quoted multiple resources as saying that Whitney boarded a flight in Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon ... and when she settled into her seat, a stewardess kindly asked her to buckle up her seat belt.
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Australia's Qantas grounds planes as staff strike

Australia's Qantas Airways canceled or delayed more than 50 flights on Tuesday after around 4,000 ground staff walked off the job as an industrial dispute over pay and the airline's plans to expand in Asia escalated.
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Qantas overhauls with $9 billion fleet order

Australia's Qantas Airways is setting up two new airlines in Asia and ordering $9 billion of new Airbus aircraft as part of a do-or-die makeover to salvage its loss-making international business.
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Qantas makeover includes two new Asia airlines

Australia's Qantas Airways is setting up two new airlines in Asia and ordering $9 billion of new Airbus aircraft as part of a do-or-die makeover to salvage its loss-making international business.
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Rolls-Royce, Qantas settle A380 engine dispute

Rolls-Royce and Qantas have reached a settlement over an Airbus A380 engine explosion last year that forced a jet with 469 people on board to make an emergency landing and grounded much of the airline's fleet.
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Qantas sees higher 2011 earnings but international loss

Qantas Airways expects its full-year earnings to come in close to market expectations but faces heavy losses on international routes and continues to grapple with rising fuel prices and flight disruptions, it said on Wednesday.

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