AVIATION NETWORK BREAKDOWN IN AUSTRALIA TAKES EDGE OFF OF BOOM PERIOD

Federal Police in Australian were forced to remove two passengers from a Virgin Blue flight over the Easter break because bad weather en-route to Bali had created a need for extra fuel making the aircraft too heavy. The pilot asked for two volunteers to vacate the aircraft although when nobody did, staff were forced to remove the last two passengers to board. Also over the holiday period some 18 Jetstar flights and 17 domestic and international Qantas flights were forced to leave without passengers’ baggage that had been checked at extra costs to passengers. The airline said that “almost all”