Last weekend, if you wanted to book a one-way flight from London to Australia leaving in two weeks with Emirates, you d be having to pay about $11,000 at the cheapest. With Qatar, you d have to fork out almost $14,000.
If you were looking to book a one-way fare from Sydney to London around the same time, on Qatar you d get economy for around $1000 with business class about $3000.
Even in a month s time, the discrepancy remains significant, if not huge.
On Qatar, London to Melbourne would cost $5169 for a mid-April departure; coming the other way, $1014. On Etihad, the price would be $5891 leaving Heathrow, compared with $1015; while on Singapore, a more reasonable $2044 into Australia was on offer, against $984 out.
Tucker ‘wear-masks-during meetings’ resolution passes 4-3 Kershaw County councilmen Jimmy Jones (above, front) and Ben Connell discuss Jones’ initial refusal to wear a mask during Tuesday’s council meeting following a 4-3 vote in favor of a resolution requiring masks to be worn by all those attending council meetings in order to combat COVID-19. Connell and Jones, along with Councilman Russell Brazell voted against the resolution. The conversation between the two councilmen took place during a recess used to deal with the matter. Kershaw County Council passed a resolution proposed by Councilman Sammie Tucker Jr. during its meeting Tuesday evening requiring that all present during council meetings wear a mask or other face covering to slow the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. It was not a unanimous vote, but a 4-3 split, with councilmen Russell Brazell, Ben Connell and Jimmy Jones voting
Published February 02. 2021 5:38PM
At this point we should all be able to agree on the importance of our elected officials sticking to truth and facts to back up their arguments. In state Sen. Heather Somers guest commentary, Even in pandemic Dems turn to taxes, (Jan. 30) she states that, The leading Democrat.wants to also increase taxes on capital gains and that it would hit hardworking Connecticut taxpayers who save toward their retirement with a 401(k). This is not true, as 401(k) savings are not subject to capital gains taxes. It is certainly an argument likely to resonate with many who have such plans, but it is not based in truth. Our elected officials at all levels should challenge themselves to be factual when communicating with their constituents.