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The best thing about being in Sydney over the past week was seeing so many happy people.
The pilgrims. I'm told by a senior police officer that crime was down in Sydney during the faith extravaganza. So much has been written about the papal visit I will move on, and address an issue of morality and faith that we have to live with every day: corporate honesty.
On July 1, Qantas issued a press release under the heading "Qantas Frequent Flyer - now bigger and better". Simon Hickey, chief executive of the Qantas frequent flyer program, announced, ominously: "Our research strongly indicates that many of our members want a guaranteed seat on the day they want to travel, and are happy to pay more for this."Qantas Burns A Precious Resource
- By Gus Leonisky at 21 Jul 2008 - 9:20pm
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Qantas plane makes emergency landing after fuselage rupture
A Qantas 747 has made an emergency landing in the Philippines capital Manila because of a large rupture in the plane's fuselage.
The flight with 365 people on board was flying from London to Melbourne, via Hong Kong when it was forced to land. None of the passengers have been seriously injured.
Less than two hours after flight QF 30 left Hong Kong this morning, the pilot sought an emergency landing at Ninoy Aquino International Airport after reporting a hole in the plane's cargo section near the right wing.
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I did not curse the airline with my cartoon. did I? See at top.
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Annabel Crabb
August 18, 2008
THE run of bad luck afflicting Qantas took a graphic turn last night when a fully loaded 767 flying from Sydney to Perth was forced to stage an unplanned landing in Adelaide so its toilets could be emptied.
Flight staff on QF571 told passengers that Sydney ground staff had forgotten to empty the toilets on the 767-300, which originated in Honolulu.
By the time the flight had been in the air for an hour, three of the toilets had ceased to function.
"They told us that under any reasonable calculation, the rest of them would go pretty quickly," one businessman told the Herald during the plane's cleaning stop in Adelaide.
"Four out of seven toilets were not flushing so for the comfort of our passengers we diverted to Adelaide," a Qantas spokeswoman said.
Passengers were "exasperated", the businessman said, but otherwise resigned to the delay.
"All this discussion of toilets triggered an urgent need to go in just about everyone," he said.
"We did ask for more red wine to be brought on board, but it was felt not to be a priority."