John Travolta joins Mayor Newsom greasing of SFO Qantas Airway inaugural flight Wednesday

March 28, 2006

From Business Wire

EVENT NAME: Qantas Airways Inaugural Flight Press Conference

Qantas Airways Global Goodwill Ambassador John Travolta and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will join Qantas Airways executives Peter Gregg, chief financial officer, Wally R. Mariani, senior executive vice president, and Board Directors Patricia Cross and Gary Hounsell, Australian VIPs and civic representatives at San Francisco International Airport for a press conference commemorating the airline's launch of new non-stop flights between sister cities San Francisco, California, and Sydney, Australia. Travolta, in his formal captain's uniform, will fly his own Boeing 707 aircraft painted in the original Qantas livery to the event. A water cannon salute of the Qantas 747-400 aircraft will mark the first return of Qantas to SFO in more than a decade.

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, March 29, 2006

9:15 a.m. Media check-in required for security

Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum
International Terminal Main Hall, near Boarding Area A.

Escort to the gate will be provided.

10:30 a.m. Water cannon salute and press conference

PLACE: San Francisco International Airport International Terminal, Gates 2 and 4, Area A

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