Spat over Virgin's Samoa flights gets ugly
Samoa says the refusal to allow Virgin services shouldn't have come as a surprise.
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Queen of the Skies making way for new Qantas planes
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Qantas to use plant oil biofuel on LA flights
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Review after outage delayed flights
Aviation Security investigates how power cut happened to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Emirates looks at add-on fees as life gets tougher
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