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	<title>Crikey &#187; Virgin Blue</title>
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		<title>Virgin&#8217;s Velocity Gold blue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/virgins-velocity-gold-blue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/virgins-velocity-gold-blue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rewards programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personalising a free upgrade in writing and then rescinding it entirely is just a "douche-bag move", writes a Crikey reader angered at Friday's Virgin Blue stuff up.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virgin&#8217;s wheel of fire at the hub of wider problems</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/virgins-wheel-of-fire-at-the-hub-of-wider-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/21/virgins-wheel-of-fire-at-the-hub-of-wider-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aircraft engineers union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Purvinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Blue lawyers are crawling over the words of aircraft engineers union federal secretary Steve Purvinas like ants over road kill this morning, but what is really going on?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virgin minds its Vs and Qs over its future</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/virgin-minds-its-vs-and-qs-over-its-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/virgin-minds-its-vs-and-qs-over-its-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Blue revealed yesterday that the day is coming when all of its airlines -- Blue, Pacific Blue and V Australia -- will be united under one brand. But why let this "secret" out? Perhaps Virgin are hoping to send Qantas flying into a panic.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consumer win: my triumph over Virgin Blue&#8217;s incompetence</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/my-triumph-over-virgin-blues-incompetence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/03/my-triumph-over-virgin-blues-incompetence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David v Goliath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Claims Tribunal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vcat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<i>Crikey</i>'s <b>Adam Schwab</b> documents his inspirational (if time-consuming) victory over Virgin Blue after a flight from Hobart to Melbourne was randomly cancelled.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virgin posts $160m loss</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/virgin-posts-160m-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/virgin-posts-160m-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Airways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[V Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Blue this morning confirmed a loss of $160 million for the year to June 30 while the guessing game about its recent strong share price performance continues.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sydney loses its stranglehold on international flights</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/sydney-loses-its-stranglehold-on-international-flights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/17/sydney-loses-its-stranglehold-on-international-flights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[V Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Blue played the Melbourne-versus-Sydney card hard today, with the announcement that flights by its V Australia subsidiary will go directly from Johannesburg to Melbourne.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virgin Blue cuts the cost of survival</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/virgin-blue-cuts-the-cost-of-survival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/virgin-blue-cuts-the-cost-of-survival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Branson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Blue is pinning its survival and expansion plan for the recession to much less cash than originally expected in the $231 million equity raising announced this morning.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/virgin-blue-cuts-the-cost-of-survival/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Good start to the week, market up 53</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/morning-market-report-60/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/morning-market-report-60/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Padley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morning Market Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The market is up 53, and the Dow up 24. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>While the PM&#8217;s away&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/16/tips-and-rumours-55/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/16/tips-and-rumours-55/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ikea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What have the ALP been up to while Rudd has been globetrotting? Tipsters tell all.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/16/tips-and-rumours-55/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Air war over the Pacific and Atlantic routes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/air-war-over-the-pacific-and-atlantic-routes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/air-war-over-the-pacific-and-atlantic-routes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just how far can airlines go in cooperative joint ventures, marketing alliances, or route mergers?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/09/air-war-over-the-pacific-and-atlantic-routes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wall St down</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/morning-market-report-42/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/morning-market-report-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Padley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morning Market Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gunns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wall St was down 34 on Friday, with metals and oil struggling.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>International carrier bloodbath: Qantas slows</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/international-carrier-bloodbath-qantas-slows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/international-carrier-bloodbath-qantas-slows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jetstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[International travel at the moment is a mutually destructive blood bath for carriers world-wide, with none of the major global airlines nor the two Australian flag carrier international routes expected to generate profits in the second half of this calendar year.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/international-carrier-bloodbath-qantas-slows/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qantas: Big Brother or nanny jet?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/qantas-big-brother-or-nanny-jet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/qantas-big-brother-or-nanny-jet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Channel Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Qantas "nanny jet" syndrome struck again as all references to the Air France disaster were censored from its Channel Nine news package. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/03/qantas-big-brother-or-nanny-jet/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virgin pressure on Qantas mounts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/virgin-pressure-on-qantas-mounts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/virgin-pressure-on-qantas-mounts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jetstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Airways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest traffic figures for Qantas continue to pile the pressure on to its full service domestic product, which is losing altitude steeply as Virgin Blue, its own Jetstar and Tiger all continue to grow strongly at its expense.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/29/virgin-pressure-on-qantas-mounts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qantas beware: Virgins running amok!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/qantas-beware-virgins-amok/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/22/qantas-beware-virgins-amok/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Airways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Blue is leading Qantas on domestic routes in the latest traffic figures posted to the ASX this morning and it is clear Qantas has to do something to stay competitive.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jungle warfare rages with Tiger poker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/jungle-warfare-rages-with-tiger-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/jungle-warfare-rages-with-tiger-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Airways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[High stakes poker is now being played by Qantas/Jetstar, Virgin Blue and Tiger Airways over the Tiger’s plans to develop a significant Sydney hub.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/07/jungle-warfare-rages-with-tiger-poker/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qantas IPs linked to cyber-raid on Virgin Blue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/qantas-ips-linked-to-cyber-raid-on-virgin-blue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/qantas-ips-linked-to-cyber-raid-on-virgin-blue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frequent flyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The source of online rumours claiming Virgin Blue is going broke has been outed as almost certainly originating on a Qantas computer, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/qantas-ips-linked-to-cyber-raid-on-virgin-blue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virgin&#8217;s Qantas blue over frequent flyers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/virgins-qantas-blue-over-frequent-flyers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/25/virgins-qantas-blue-over-frequent-flyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frequent flyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Blue has come out swinging with allegations of trickery and anti-competitive behaviour by Qantas, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Death by pinstripes: airlines lose their best clients</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/death-by-pinstripes-airlines-lose-their-best-clients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/death-by-pinstripes-airlines-lose-their-best-clients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singapore Airlines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There aren’t enough masters of the universe doing the longest non-stop business commute on the planet to keep it fully alive any more, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/death-by-pinstripes-airlines-lose-their-best-clients/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>SackWatch: KPMG &#8230; CSR &#8230; Virgin Blue &#8230; Tanner</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/sackwatch-kpmg-csr-virgin-blue-tanner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/sackwatch-kpmg-csr-virgin-blue-tanner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SackWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey's SackWatch is now up to its fourth installment with another huge spate of lay-offs announced in the last week, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/sackwatch-kpmg-csr-virgin-blue-tanner/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oz vs NZ: Qantas attack</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/oz-vs-nz-qantas-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/oz-vs-nz-qantas-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singapore Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the rest of the world’s air transport market goes into shock, Qantas has gone after the struggling Air New Zealand with massive force, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/17/oz-vs-nz-qantas-attack/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Newcastle&#8217;s skies safe (well, safer) thanks to federal intervention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/newcastles-skies-safe-well-safer-thanks-to-federal-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/newcastles-skies-safe-well-safer-thanks-to-federal-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CASA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newcastle airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Airways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Fitzgibbon and Anthony Albanese ditched CASA’s supposedly ‘safe’ Newscastle airport arrangements overnight, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/newcastles-skies-safe-well-safer-thanks-to-federal-intervention/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>QF hedges its bets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/25/qf-hedges-its-bets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/25/qf-hedges-its-bets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boeing 787 dreamliner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Qantas screwed down its profit forecast and flying activity to new lows this morning, but it is still the sort of bad news most other global airlines would die for, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/25/qf-hedges-its-bets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Someone tell Tiger: we&#8217;re not falling for free flights any more</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/19/someone-tell-tiger-were-not-falling-for-free-flights-any-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/19/someone-tell-tiger-were-not-falling-for-free-flights-any-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jetstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Airways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tiger Airways must be wondering what it has to do to give away free flights, or get free advertising, and its competitors will be asking themselves the same questions, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/19/someone-tell-tiger-were-not-falling-for-free-flights-any-more/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>AirServices memo fails to shift the blame</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/01/airservices-memo-fails-to-shift-the-blame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/01/airservices-memo-fails-to-shift-the-blame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airline safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airservices Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The crisis gripping Australian air traffic control has serious safety implications, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/01/airservices-memo-fails-to-shift-the-blame/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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