Jetstar Hong Kong will start operation in 2013 with a fleet of three Airbus A320s, increasing it to 18 by 2015.

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The batteries have a five-year lifespan but other more immediate hazards are likely to end the operation of some of the fleet of floats.

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The power for the operation is supplied by the engines of a fleet of trucks, so this stage of the process can be noisy.

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His concerns included "whether the Bas fleet will remain under the control of Bas and not be merged with the NOC fleet, and whether Bas will continue to be an integrated operation carrying out a substantial research programme as well a providing the presence in Antarctica, policy advice to government, and wide-ranging scientific collaboration".

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She explained how the operation of the cod recovery plan would hit the prawn fleet.

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Reports said the French rescue operation was not thought to be in the vicinity of the US fleet and the Maersk Alabama.

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