British Airways confirmed it was exploring a merger with Australia's Qantas Airways.

英航确认正在探讨与澳洲航空合并的计划。

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Qantas Airways has warned that profits at the company will be hurt by the recent natural disasters in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

澳洲航空宣称，受最近日本、新西兰和澳大利亚发生的自然灾害的影响，其利润将降低。

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On Tuesday, Qantas Airways, the Australian carrier, announced plans for not just one, but two new airline operations, underscoring the broad transformation that the Asian airline sector is undergoing.

星期二，澳航，一家澳大利亚航空公司，宣布了成立两家(不仅是一家)航空公司的计划，强调了亚洲航线板块正在经历的明确转型。

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Australia's Qantas Airways said Thursday it would discontinue or reduce a number of international services, mainly to Japan and Southeast Asian destinations, to cut costs in the face of high oil prices.

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Airbus has also faced recent problems with wing cracks in its A380 superjumbo planes, which have forced clients such as Qantas Airways to delay their deliveries by almost four years until the aircraft are fully fixed.

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The fanfare over the release of its A380 was dampened by a variety of production issues, including cabin wiring issues, cracks that appeared inside some of the wings, and an engine that blew apart during the take-off of a Qantas Airways flight departing Singapore in 2010.

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