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QANTAS Airways is partnering with Apple

QANTAS Airways Boeing 747-438 ER VH-OEJ (msn 32914) (Wunala Dreaming 2nd) SYD (John Adlard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

QANTAS Airways (Sydney) is partnering with Apple. The company has announced it will offer Apple technology in its QANTAS Clubs across Australia.

The new development will mean a new range of Apple technology including the latest generation Macs implemented across all Australian QANTAS lounges, moving the lounges to an all Apple environment.

QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce said the new Apple technology will be available in Sydney from October 26 and will be progressively rolled out across Australia to be completed by the end of the year.

Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet will soon be offered by subsidiary Jetstar Airways for inflight entertainment for its passengers.

Jetstar to base Airbus A330-200s in Singapore

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Jetstar Airways (Melbourne) is planning to base some Airbus A330-200s in Singapore as it will increase its presence in SIN.

News link:

www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_singapore_business/view/

1033682/1/.html

AirAsia and Jetstar Airways form the first LCC alliance

AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Kuala Lumpur) and Jetstar Airways (QANTAS) (Melbourne) have formed the first alliance between budget airlines. The cooperation will extend to joint purchases of aircraft.

News link:

news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/jetstar-airasia-form-world-first-budget-alliance-20100106-lu93.html

Jetstar Airways and AirAsia to announce a strategic alliance on January 6

Jetstar Airways (subsidiary of QANTAS Airways) (Melbourne) and AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) (Kuala Lumpur) are expected to announce a new strategic alliance on January 6. The two groups have been discussing how they can cooperate for the past year.

News link:

biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/31/business/5389706&sec=business

Jetstar Airbus A320 evacuated due to a fire

Jetstar Airways’ (Melbourne) Airbus A320 was evacuated due to a brief engine fire on Tuesday (October 27) after the Brisbane-Newcastle flight had landed.

News link:

www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1014155/1/.html

Jetstar Airways opts for A330 higher gross weight

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Jetstar Airways (Australia) (Melbourne) has opted for the higher gross weight model for its new Airbus A330-200s on order. This could permit the lower-cost carrier to fly to Europe before the new Boeing 787 Dreamliners arrive in 2013.

Flightglobal news link:

www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/01/332966/qantass-jetstar-opts-for-higher-gross-weight-a330s.html

QANTAS ponders sale of Air Pacific shares

QANTAS Airways (Sydney) has confirmed it is in negotiations with the Fijian government to sell its 46 percent share in flag carrier Air Pacific (Nadi). QANTAS would like to introduce Jetstar Airways service to Fiji to offset plans by Virgin Blue to introduce V Australia service to the islands.

News link:

www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,26045948-643,00.html

Jetstar apologizes to its NZ customers

Jetstar Airways (Jetstar.com) (Melbourne) has apologized to its New Zealand customers about its “late arrivals and poor customer service”. Jetstar started operating in NZ on June 10.

News link:

www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aRKj5v7CcdQI

QANTAS cancels 15 787-9s, delays others

News link:

business.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/boeings-nightmare-qantas-dumps-dreamliners-20090626-cynp.html

Jetstar replaces JetConnect in New Zealand

Jetstar is using Airbus A320s in New Zealand. A320-232 VH-VQB (msn 3743) taxies at Auckland on the first day of NZ domestic operations. Copyright Photo: Colin Hunter.

Jetstar Airways (Jetstar.com) (Melbourne) as planned, replaced JetConnect (QANTAS Airways) (Christchurch) on New Zealand’s domestic routes on June 10. JetConnect now fades into airline history. However there were some glitches for Jetstar’s NZ domestic introduction.

News Link:

www.nzherald.co.nz/marketing/news/article.cfm?c_id=14&objectid=10577712&ref=rss