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Qantas acquires 110 Airbus A320s, cuts jobs, launches new LCC

02:58 GMT 16 August 2011

Qantas Group has announced a swathe of changes at the company, including the acquisition of 110 Airbus A320 aircraft - of which 78 are A320neos - thou...

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