Over its 94-year history Qantas has amassed an extraordinary record of firsts in safety and operations and is now accepted as the world's most experienced airline.

在澳航的94年历史中，它多次在安全运营方面取得突出表现，现在已被认为是世界上最有经验的航空公司。

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As for labor difficulties, they will no doubt be part of an airline merger, but the conflict between the two groups of US Airways pilots resulted from a controversial seniority ruling that, in the history of the airline industry, has been a unique event.

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" Adds Sydney-based Peter Harbison, who heads the regional airline consultancy Center for Asia-Pacific Aviation: "Partly because we all quickly forget accidents and partly because people need to fly, the impact on the bottom line is fairly limited, unless the airline has a history of problems.

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Besides debt repayment obligations, AMR is likely to bear high interest costs as refinancing debt on favorable terms would be very challenging for the airline, given its history of poor operating profitability.

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