Company Watch - Qantas.Mar 19, 2007 Qantas unloaded its 19.4% shareholding in Air New Zealand Parameter not given Error... ''Template needs its first parameter as beg[in], mid[dle], or end. Parameter not given Error... to a spread of institutional investors for NZ$425.6 million ($295 million), formally ending its ties with the New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. flag carrier. The long-awaited move followed the unwinding of the last of their codesharing arrangements between Australia and New Zealand and ANZ's increasing commercial links with its 50%-owned partner, Ansett Australia “Ansett” redirects here. For other uses, see Ansett (disambiguation). Ansett Australia or Ansett was a major Australian domestic and international airline, flying passengers around Australia and to destinations in Asia at its height in 1996. . Qantas is holding preliminary discussions about a possible takeover of Ansett New Zealand Ansett New Zealand was a wholly owned airline subsidiary of Ansett Australia, serving the New Zealand domestic market between 1987 and 2000. In order to comply with regulatory requirements relating to the acquisition of Ansett Australia by Air New Zealand, Ansett New Zealand was , the NZ domestic airline now wholly owned by News Corp. Ansett axed a series of nonperforming routes as part of a strategy to return to profitability (May 1997). Mar 14, 2007 Airbus, in conjunction with Lufthansa and Qantas, will fly development A380s to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of JFK and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. International next week to demonstrate the aircraft to US media and to test JFK and LAX facilities. Development A380 MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). 7, to be operated with assistance from LH , will fly on to Chicago O'Hare after stopping at JFK. An A380 will fly to Washington Dulles on March 25. Mar 15, 2007 Qantas says future holds soaring profits Responding to calls for guidance from shareholders considering Airline Partners Australia's bid to buy the carrier, Qantas confirmed yesterday that a pre-tax profit of A$1.23 billion ($962.8 million), which matches an average of analysts' expectations, is likely for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. Mar 16, 2007 Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 12, 2007 |
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