QANTAS AND ROLLS-ROYCE DISCUSS OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT

Qantas Airways is working towards a commercial settlement with Rolls-Royce over last year’s mid-air engine explosion. Chief executive Alan Joyce said the airline’s wanted to reach an out of court settlement but the fact that it had already initiated a lawsuit in an Australian court in case, this might no longer be an option. “We are talking to Rolls and our primary objective is to resolve this commercially. The dialogue will continue as long as it takes,” Joyce is reported as saying in an interview with Reuters. Joyce also said that although half-year results show that yields were improving, fuel