Alan Joyce, CEO of the new low-cost Qantas carrier named Jetstar, listens to
a question during a media conference in Sydney December 1, 2003. Joyce
announced with Geoff Dixon, CEO of Australia's biggest airline Qantas, that
Jetstar plans to aquire 23 Airbus planes in Qantas's efforts to fend off
competition from Richard Branson's Virgin Blue. REUTERS/David Gray

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