Qantas falls from 14th to 17th place in Brand Australia rankings

While Qantas still remains Australia’s most valuable airline, its rankings are beginning to slip, according to the annual study from Brand Finance.

Australia’s most valuable brand is Woolworths, with a value of more than $12 billion, whereas the other supermarket giant, Coles, slips into fourth place with a value of $7.097 billion. Telstra is Australia’s second most valuable brand, with its value up 59% to $9.3 billion. In third place is BHP Billiton, with a value of $7.377 billion.

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Qantas A380, Boeing 747 Collide at Los Angeles Airport

An Airbus A380 superjumbo belonging to Australian airline Qantas collided with a Boeing 747-400 jumbo from the same airline while being towed at Los Angeles International airport late Thursday.

No passengers were onboard either of the large jets, but the wingtips of both aircraft were damaged and two long-haul flights to Australia were cancelled, the airline and airport said.

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