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QANTAS Boeing 737-400 loses air pressure

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News link:

news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090726/wl_nm/us_australia_newzealand_qantas

Air Pacific wants to serve Pago Pago-Honolulu

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Air Pacific (Fiji) (Nadi) wants to serve the Pago Pago (American Samoa)-Honolulu route with Boeing 737-800s but this is considered a U.S. domestic route and authority is needed.

News link:

samoanewsonline.com/viewstory.php?storyid=7904

Tiger Airways starts Melbourne-Sydney flights

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Tiger Airways (Australia) (Tigerairways.com) (Melbourne) started Melbourne-Sydney service yesterday (July 3).

Delta starts Los Angeles-Sydney flights

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Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) on July 1 commenced its new Boeing 777-200 LR (Longer Range) route linking Los Angeles with Sydney. The new route will be operated daily.

Jetstar A330 makes emergency landing after fire

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News Link:

www.kuam.com/bm/news/jetstar-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-in-guam-n.shtml?14501

Jetstar issued the following statement:

mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=3d59f1c419&view=att&th=121ccf16c38708bb&attid=0.1&disp=vah&zw

OzJet Airlines ceases all operations

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OzJet Airlines (Melbourne) ceased all operations on May 21, 2009 after its owner HeavyLift Cargo Airlines declared it would no longer support the subsidiary. Previously the airline had suspended scheduled flights on March 12, 2006 and was operating charter flights. The shut down came after Perth Airport refused to handle the carrier until the unpaid bills were paid. OzJet had three Boeing 737-200s based in Perth operating flights to Derby and sub-service flights for travel company IndoJet Asia (Bali). The airline originally commenced operations on November 29, 2005.

Air Pacific suspends Gold Coast service

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Air Pacific (Nadi) today (May 2) has suspended the Nadi-Gold Coast route due to a drop off in demand. The carrier will continue to serve the region through Brisbane.

Pacific Blue to add two new routes to Fiji

Pacific Blue Airlines (Christchurch) will add new routes to Fiji from both Adelaide and Melbourne on June 4, 2009.

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Virgin Blue to add two Darwin routes

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Virgin Blue Airlines (virginblue.com.au) (Brisbane) will start a new Melbourne-Darwin and also a Darwin-Perth routing on April 28.

QANTAS is forced to ground all 3 Airbus A380s

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QANTAS Airways (Sydney) was forced to ground all three Airbus A380s in a 24-hour period (one is already back in service). Two aircraft had a fuel tank indication system problem.