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Summary US actor John Travolta in Chile to promote new Qantas flights to the South American nation.
US actor John Travolta was in Santiago to promote new flights between Australia and Chile for the Australian airline Qantas.Local website el.milenio.com reported that Travolta, himself a pilot and plane enthusiast, piloted a Boeing 707 into Chile on Saturday. They added he stayed at a winery outside Santiago while filming a commercial for Qantas.At a news conference, the star of Saturday Night Fever talked about new flights that will link Sydney and Santiago.Im very very proud to be part of this inaugural flight today, marrying these two wonderful countries, and its my job as ambassador at large for Qantas to celebrate with you this wonderful moment, he said.The inaugural flight, a full Boeing 747-700 touched down in Santiago with a full load of 360 passengers.Qantas used to enter the southern cone through Buenos Aires, but will now enter through Chile because of a deal with Chilean airline Lan.
