John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers premiered their outrageous action-thriller ‘From Paris with Love’ in New York Thursday night, and John talked to “The Insider” about his mercy mission to Haiti! John and wife Kelly Preston flew 22 doctors plus medics along with several tons of supplies to earthquake-stricken Haiti with the help of [...]
AUSTRALIAN refugee activists have returned to Australia in anger after being detained and deported for alleged trespassing near an asylum seeker boat in Merak, Indonesia.
Sara Nathan, from Sydney, and Pamela Curr, from Melbourne, returned yesterday morning on a Qantas flight from West Java after being detained and questioned over alleged misuse of their visas.
”Our families [...]
It’s hard to believe, but Fred Perry, the last British tennis player to win the Australian championship, did not take up the game until he was 18 years of age.
Scotland’s Andy Murray, who will attempt to emulate Perry today by beating three-time champion Roger Federer in the Australian Open final, had his first games of [...]
British group Rolls-Royce says it has won a large chunk of a multi-billion-dollar engine order from Jetstar Airways, the discount carrier offshoot of Qantas.
‘Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a share of an order from Jetstar Airways for V2500 engines to power up to 90 Airbus A320 family aircraft,’ the London-listed company said [...]
The Gundungarra and Darrug tribal groups have been living in the region for over 6,000 years.
Tools and rock art have been discovered revealing a rich culture that strongly ties the people to the land.
There are many sites throughout the Blue Mountains that are of both cultural and historical significance to Aboriginal people.
There are now reports [...]
Briton Laura Robson cruised into the final of the junior girls’ singles at Australian Open 2010 on Friday. On Show Court 3, Robson had an easy victory against a wayward Kristyna Pliskova, 6-3 6-1. In the final, she’ll face sixth seed Karolina Pliskova, Kristyna’s twin sister.
Unseeded Czech Pliskova never had Robson under pressure as her [...]
In a potentially hopeful sign for Iraq’s battered economy, foreign airlines are increasing service to the country as its national airline is rebuilding after two decades of war, sanctions and neglect.
Flying in Iraq remains difficult due to continuing security concerns and because airports and air-traffic control systems are just starting to be modernized.
Iraqi Airways [...]
SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) discount carrier Jetstar said Thursday it will use International Aero Engines V2500 jet engine to power up to 90 more Airbus aircraft it will operate, in a supply and service deal worth US$3.5 billion.
In a joint statement, Jetstar and IAE said the engine purchase agreement for 50 A320 [...]
The FINANCIAL — Qantas on January 22 re-affirmed its commitment to being Australia’s leader in airline on time performance.
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Data released by the Federal Government’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) today confirmed Qantas led the industry in on time domestic departures and arrivals in nine months out of 12 in 2009, and [...]
JETSTAR will today cement its relationship with US-based International Aero Engines through a $US3.5 billion ($3.8bn) deal to supply and maintain engines for its A320 aircraft.
The Qantas offshoot will confirm a $US1.5bn deal to buy the V2500 SelectOne engine for its fleet of 50 additional A320s destined for service in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
The [...]
