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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Mexicana becomes part of oneworld® at midnight tonight - adding Mexico and Central America's leading airline to the world's leading quality airline alliance. Its subsidiaries MexicanaClick and MexicanaLink join oneworld at the same time, as affiliate members. All three airlines will offer the alliance's full range of services and benefits with the first flights tomorrow. They extend the oneworld network to almost 700 destinations in nearly 150...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Qantas celebrated today as the Australian airline's 75th 737, adorned with a special decal to commemorate the milestone, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand. Qantas named the Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 in honor of Jean Batten, a spirited New Zealand aviator who broke numerous flying records in the 1930s. Qantas has been flying Boeing 737s since 1986. This latest Next-Generation 737-800 features...

SYDNEY and ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the signing of a seven-year contract with Qantas, Australia's largest airline, for the provision of project delivery functions as part of the airline's improved business efficiency goals. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) Under the agreement, IBM will bring a combination of project management delivery expertise, deep industry knowledge and proven process capabilities to...

PUNE, India, August 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Jetstar Partners With Zensar for Multiple Cost Optimisation Services Zensar Technologies (BSE: 504067, NSE :ZENSARTECH, ISIN :INE520A01019, the leading global IT and BPO services provider, today announced the successful delivery of application development and support and BPO services to Jetstar Airways. The success in this area is one more example of Zensar's successful impact sourcing service, which has been specially...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fordela Corporation, a leader in online video management and delivery solutions for businesses, powers up video websites for two new customers, Qantas Airways and the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs. Working with Fordela, the two organizations are adding video content to enhance existing online marketing efforts. In order to enhance their promotion of travel deals to Sydney, Australia, Qantas turned to Fordela to showcase videos of...

A sour economy, not problems at Boeing, caused Qantas to cancel orders for 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said. Qantas this week cuts its order of Dreamliners from 65 to 50 and deferred delivery of the first group of Dreamliners by four years. Qantas announced its original B787 order in December 2005, and the operating environment for the world's airlines has clearly changed dramatically since then, Joyce told The Independent in a story published Saturday. The...

Australian airline Qantas Airways said Friday it was canceling an order for 15 Dreamliner 787 jets, Boeing's long-delayed, wide-body aircraft.The airline also said it would put off delivery of 15 other 787 Dreamliners for four years, The New York Times reported Friday.A cancellation of 15 jets would save the company $3 billion, Qantas said.Qantas is still represents Boeing's largest customer for the more-fuel efficient aircraft, with 50 other jets on order.Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce...

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Flights to Australia are at an all-time low, according to travel firm DialAFlight. The price of a flight to Perth has fallen from around GBP810 to as little as GBP399 in just six months. As well as slashing fares, airlines are offering enticing incentives for prospective travelers. US airline Delta are offering unlimited free alcohol on flights to Australia - to all ticket classes. Qantas have already been offering free alcohol to its customers for some...

Martinair Holland Executive Agrees to Serve Jail Time WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Dutch citizen and executive of Martinair Holland N.V. (Martinair) has agreed to plead guilty, serve time in jail and pay a criminal fine for participating in a conspiracy to fix cargo rates for international air shipments, the Department of Justice announced today. Including today's charge, a total of 15 airlines and four executives have pleaded guilty or agreed to plead guilty in...

An Australian airline said two flights were canceled due to the escape of four baby pythons from a container in a plane's cargo hold. Qantas bosses said workers discovered that a shipment of 12 non-venomous Stimson pythons in the cargo hold of a plane that arrived in Melbourne from the city of Alice Springs was light four snakes, Britain's The Daily Mail reported Thursday. Officials said the Boeing 737 was grounded after staff members were unable to locate the escaped pythons. At first we...