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Americans rate Air NZ top long-haul leisure airline

3 SEP: Air NZ has scored another victory in what is proving to be an award-winning year.

It has been named favourite long-haul leisure airline in the America’s 2010 Conde Nast Readers Travel Awards - ahead of Virgin Atlantic and Cathay Pacific.

The NZ carrier was cited for its "excellent food" and "child-friendliness".

In the same awards, NZ was voted 5th most popular holiday destination after Turkey, Egypt, Australia and Italy.



 
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News in Brief for 6 February

UK SNOW CHAOS One-third of the flights at London Heathrow were due to be cancelled yesterday amid forecasts of heavy snow. Authorities warned of dangerous driving conditions.

RUN OVER BY JET A Boeing worker was seriously injured Saturday when he was run over by a 787 Dreamliner being towed at the planemaker’s Paine Field airport north of Seattle. The man was initially trapped under right wing landing gear.

SCUBA DEATH A US tourist has died while scuba diving in Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.The 47-year-old woman lost consciousness while ascending from a dive on Saturday. Efforts were made to revive her, but she was declared dead soon after being taken to a hospital.