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The FINANCIAL -- Qantas on October 20 became the first airline to operate commercial A380 flights between Australia and the US West Coast, when its inaugural A380 service departed Melbourne for Los Angeles.

The FINANCIAL -- Aeroflot Russian Airlines has put a new Airbus A320 into service, which is already the 22nd aircraft of its kind among Aeroflot’s fleet.

The FINANCIAL -- According to caterersearch, luxury hotel group the Dorchester Collection has revealed further details of its new hotel, which will be housed at the former site of the Playboy Club in Park Lane.

The FINANCIAL -- Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, has expanded its existing codeshare agreement with Brussels Airlines to include Paris and Manchester (effective October 26, 2008) , via the airline’s European hub in Brussels.

The FINANCIAL -- The Green Aviation Forum & Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) 2008 congress, an initiative of the U.S. trade publication Aviation Week, is to be held in Madrid on September 24-25 .

The FINANCIAL -- Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, on September 15 launched its daily direct services between Thiruvananthapuram and Muscat, connecting the capital cities of the Indian state of Kerala and the Sultanate of Oman respectively.   

The FINANCIAL -- Hilton has retained its title as the favourite hotel brand for business travellers in Western Europe in the 2008 BDRC Hotel Business Guest Survey.

The FINANCIAL -- By carrying an approximate total of 7.3 million passengers (scheduled and charter), the Austrian Airlines Group produced an increase of 0.7% in the period from January to August.

The FINANCIAL -- Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will re-introduce their daily operations on the Pune-Bengaluru-Pune sectors, becoming the ONLY airline to offer its passengers a same day return service between the two cities, effective September 11, 2008.