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British Airways and Qantas have given up an attempt to merge, leaving the British carrier free to pursue a tie-up with Iberia.
The Australian and British airlines failed to agree on the most basic term of the merger: how to share ownership of the proposed combined business.
Qantas’s market valuation is higher than British Airways, implying that [...]

Quantas Airlines has put its first Airbus A380 into commercial service, becoming the third operator of the ultra-large type.

Australia’s flagship airline, Qantas, has received the first of 20 Airbus A380s on order, at a ceremony in Toulouse, France. The Rolls-Royce powered aircraft was handed over to Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Dixon and Qantas CEO-Designate, Alan Joyce by Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO and John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer Customers.