Plane Travel
Don’t get me wrong. Over the last two years, as a foreign affairs portfolio holder in the Gillard Government, my work has been rewarding and exciting. It has been easily the best professional experience of my life.
But the extensive travel makes me miss my family… a lot.
In those same two years (and not by choice), airports and aeroplanes have become a lonely home. My aim is to get in and out of them as quickly as possible and mitigate the number of hours they take away from life.
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“We face a fight for survival.”
British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh last week.
“(Qantas) faces many obstacles in surviving.”
Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon in July 2003.
For an industry that depends on its ability to instill confidence in travelers, airlines sure spend a lot of time scaring their workers and shareholders witless.
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Carlinho says:
I found that sometimes the best way is to call aieilnrs direct. Sometimes the internet is cheaper, sometimes the phone operators are cheaper, sometimes travel agents are cheaper. Check out all three to make sure you get the best deal. There are a few other simple suggestions you should follow… Read more »
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Ford says:
Puspa - the problem is that the airlines make their profits on business travel. And business travellers are never going to start flying bogan class on Air Asia. There will always be room for full service airlines. I forsee a future of mass consolidations between the major airlines in the… Read more »
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