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EDITOR’S EYE: British manners don’t need to be spelt out
4/15/2012 9:55:00 AM
As London prepares for the Olympics and millions of people get ready to descend on the UK’s capital, much is being made of British cultural customs.

EDITOR’S EYE: Earth Hour achieves more than Anonymous threats
4/2/2012 8:56:00 AM
The world was plunged into darkness on Saturday, but not as one group of activists had planned

EDITOR’S EYE: Aviation – it’s a funny old game
3/26/2012 10:05:00 AM
The airline industry must be sick as a parrot right now. Having set their stall out early doors, worked their socks off and given it 110%, you’d think airline bosses would be over the moon. But at the end of the day, the decisions just haven’t gone their way.

EDITOR’S EYE: Undisclosed buyers should show off more
3/5/2012 8:55:00 AM
In an era when personal debt is spiralling, jobs are being slashed, wages decimated, and huge numbers of people are being left in financial ruin, it’s nice to know that not everyone is suffering.

EDITOR’S EYE: Two airlines down, how many more to go?
2/6/2012 9:30:00 AM
Who would be an airline boss at the moment? With the year only a month old we’ve already lost two major carriers and many others are moribund

EDITOR’S EYE: How about some New Year’s resolutions we can all agree on?
1/9/2012 9:04:00 AM
So how are we all feeling then? Refreshed and revived after a restorative Christmas break, or regrettably remorseful after raucous New Year’s Eve?

EDITOR’S EYE: The end of a funny old year…
12/19/2011 9:20:00 AM
2011 was always going to be a strange year. With the world still teetering on the brink of economic meltdown, what we really needed was a big distraction to take people’s minds off things.

EDITOR’S EYE: You don’t mess with the Baldwins
12/12/2011 9:41:00 AM
As if American Airlines didn’t have enough problems right now, what with its bankruptcy protection filing, the carrier has now entered into a war of words with, of all people, Alec Baldwin.

EDITOR’S EYE: Lion Air banks future on fair weather forecast
11/21/2011 10:59:00 AM
Last week we saw the continuation of a trend that, in the past three years, has defied economic conditions, common sense, and made even most senior figures in the aviation industry raise a curious eyebrow.

EDITOR’S EYE: “Mad” Joyce’s gamble pays off
10/31/2011 9:52:00 AM
I don’t think anyone – certainly not me – could have predicted Qantas’ drastic course of action on Saturday.

EDITOR'S EYE Wildlife discoveries need more bite
10/17/2011 8:27:00 AM
A couple of major wildlife discoveries have been made recently, which really warrant further attention.

EDITOR’S EYE: Cruelty of Mother Nature hits recovering Thailand
10/10/2011 11:07:00 AM
At the beginning of the year, I along with many other commentators, called for a calm, uneventful year in Thailand.

EDITOR'S EYE: Aussie gender decision a no brainer
9/19/2011 10:25:00 AM
The Australian government hit the headlines last week when it passed a rule allowing ‘X’ to be entered in the gender section of passport.

EDITOR’S EYE: Ban the bomb jokers
8/22/2011 8:43:00 AM
What is it that makes air travellers behave like children? Perhaps it’s the excitement of taking going on holiday, or maybe it’s the pressurised air in the cabin, or possibly a nervous reaction to a deep-seated fear of flying.

EDITOR’S EYE: Three reasons why Tiger Airway will be ‘right
8/15/2011 8:59:00 AM
Tiger Airways finally took to the skies again last week following its 40-day suspension. But getting its planes back in the air was only the first hurdle the airline had to overcome; now it faces an altogether sterner task - restoring its reputation

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