"A friend and I were offered a trip by Qantas Airways to eat all over the world and then write a book about it," he recalled.

Qantas Airways of Australia has threatened to sue.

Australia's Government-owned carrier, Qantas Airways, will be allowed to fly to 15 American cities, compared with four now.

Onex is also a minority member of the consortium that successfully bid for Qantas Airways earlier this month.

Qantas Airways has also begun putting health messages on its tickets and timetables as well as in its in-flight magazine.

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His mother is an events planner in Scottsdale for Qantas Airways.

Qantas Airways said recently that because it expects a 20 percent fall in international travel, it was eliminating about 1,000 jobs.

Qantas Airways, the country's first and largest commercial airline, remains the dominant player in what is still essentially an airline duopoly.

Blaming the slump in the international aviation market, Qantas Airways said yesterday that it would cut up to 2,000 jobs by the end of the year.