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Final take-off at Hitler's favourite | 01/11/08
A LOUDSPEAKER spluttered briefly with a routine announcement that echoed across the high-vaulted departure lounge. Then Tempelhof, Adolf Hitler's favourite airport, fell silent. It was the last call for one of Germany's cultural icons.

Qantas takeover near miss a blessing | 01/11/08
THE collapse of last year's $11bn takeover offer for Qantas was a near miss for the national airline, which today would be struggling.

Safety rules in Rudd's policy | 31/10/08
STRATEGIES to improve safety will be at the heart of the Rudd Government's national aviation policy when it is revealed next year.

More 787 delays | 31/10/08
BOEING'S hot-selling 787 may be an additional six months late.

Look on the bright side: ICAO | 31/10/08
THE global aviation industry will recover from the current economic and fuel woes.

Qantas blast tests | 31/10/08
INVESTIGATORShave found oxygen cylinders from the same manufacturing batch as the one that exploded on a Qantas Boeing 747 near Manila.

Rises in air travel costs | 31/10/08
THE economic crisis has produced a flood of sales from retailers desperate to sell their wares.

Gulf carriers challenge airlines | 31/10/08
RECENT air passenger traffic figures predictably reflect the sharp downturn in global economies.

Airlines often good Samaritans | 31/10/08
IT was a case of what goes around, comes around when a Qantas Boeing 747 with a faulty weather radar was led home by an Air New Zealand 777 this week.

Iceland's Sterling airline collapses | 30/10/08
THOUSANDS of travellers have been left stranded across Europe after the collapse of an Icelandic budget airline.

Virgin seeks deal with Lufthansa | 30/10/08
RICHARD Branson's Virgin Atlantic has proposed combining its operations with bmi, the British airline bought by Lufthansa.

Qantas bookings hit | 30/10/08
FALLING consumer confidence and exchange rate fluctuations are hitting Qantas forward bookings, the airline says.

$20m cartel fine for Qantas | 29/10/08
QANTAS has agreed to the second-biggest price-fixing fine in Australian history for its part in an international freight cartel.

Boeing back in business | 29/10/08
A strike by 27,000 Boeing machinists might be over.

Boeing, union reach deal to end strike | 28/10/08
BOEING and its largest labour union have reached a tentative agreement that could end a costly strike.

Qantas chiefs' pay soars | 28/10/08
INCOMING Qantas CEO Alan Joyce outgunned his peers to receive a 44 per cent pay rise last financial year.

Garuda co-pilot 'blacked out' in crash | 28/10/08
THE co-pilot in last year's disastrous Garuda crash in Yogyakarta claims to have lost consciousness as the Boeing 737 came in to land too fast, missing any chance to seize control from a captain apparently determined to put the plane down at any cost.

Qantas fined $20m over freight cartel | 28/10/08
QANTAS will pay $20 million to settle the Australian liability for its involvement in an international freight price fixing cartel.

Jetstar launches Bali service | 27/10/08
JETSTAR has launched its inaugural service from Perth to Bali amid fresh warnings from Australia's foreign affairs department about travel to Indonesia.

Travellers face X-ray eyes at airports | 25/10/08
ARE you ready for take-off? Plans to allow passengers to be virtually strip-searched by X-ray body scanners at airports across Europe were denounced yesterday as a threat to personal dignity.

World's our oyster: Jetstar boss | 24/10/08
JETSTAR'S new boss has ambitious expansion plans that will see the low-cost carrier further expand in Asia and introduce Boeing 787 operations from bases outside Australia.

Virgin Blue to re-deploy crew | 24/10/08
VIRGIN Blue has urged its pilots to burn outstanding leave balances as part of a plan to avoid redundancies.

Etihad raises its profile | 24/10/08
ETIHAD has signed a five-year deal for naming rights on Melbourne's Telstra Dome as it moves to raise its profile in the city before starting flights there.

WA airline boom gears down | 24/10/08
THE foot is coming off the accelerator of Western Australia's aviation boom, but it's only to change down from overdrive.

Boeing to lay off 200 in NSW | 24/10/08
BOEING is to lay off 200 workers at Williamtown air base in NSW after failing to win a federal Government Hornet jet fighter contract.

Chinese airlines face losses | 24/10/08
CHINA'S airline industry has endured a cruel third quarter and is on track to record deep full-year losses.

Air racers chasing Arch enemy | 24/10/08
Austrian pilot Hannes Arch is just one point away from world championship as Red Bull Air Race gets under way in perth next weekend.

Boeing profit dives on strike losses | 23/10/08
BOEING'S quarterly profit fell 38 per cent as a strike by its jetliner assembly workers wiped out almost a month of production.

'Crash bell' for Garuda flight | 21/10/08
THE senior air traffic controller on duty the morning of last year's Garuda disaster punched the emergency siren a split second after the fully laden aircraft hit the tarmac and was only half-way down the runway, he was so concerned about its "strange" landing.

Airlines' golden triangle loses lustre | 21/10/08
AIR travel between the major east coast capitals is no longer booming, as August passenger numbers on the nation's busiest route, Sydney-Melbourne, were just 0.2 per cent higher than a year ago.

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