Cracks found on wings of super-jumbo must be examined in entire fleet, aviation authorities insist

Another wing crack problem has been found on the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380 superjumbo, whose future airline customers include British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

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Europe's air safety authority is calling on airlines to inspect their A380 superjumbo jets after Airbus found new cracks in the metal brackets inside the wings.

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Early this morning, British time, Qantas said all its flights will stop from 9am GMT on Monday. Over the past few weeks it has grounded a number of aircraft in a long-running labour dispute, and by this weekend the chief executive, Alan Joyce, said he would ground the airline.

Australian national carrier Qantas Airways has grounded all of its planes around the world due to an industrial action by its staff.

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The Australian airline Qantas is to cut up to 1,000 jobs as part of a major shake-up of its international business that will include the launch of a new Asia-based airline.

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British Airways launched its biggest pilot recruitment drive in more than a decade yesterday, unveiling plans to hire more than 800 new pilots by 2016.