Headlines
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QF adds 7 Chinese cities
Thursday | Apr 8 2010CHINA bound travellers from Australia will shortly have seven new destinations to select from following an extension of Qantas’ current codeshare with China Eastern Airlines (MU), exclusively revealed by TD yesterday.
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APTMS is now Momento
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010ASIA Pacific Travel Marketing Services has relaunched itself under a new name with new management which is expected to see founder David Mulley exit the business.
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QF strengthens MU pact
Wednesday | Apr 7 2010QANTAS has bolstered its tie-up with oneworld ‘wannabe’ China Eastern Airlines, allowing the Shanghai-based carrier to place its ‘MU’ airline code on additional domestic and Tasman services.
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JAL to drop BNE service
Tuesday | Apr 6 2010THERE is renewed speculation from Japanese media this week that Japan Airlines is looking to suspend up to 29 international services, including flights between Tokyo Narita and Brisbane.
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Virgins broaden alliance
Tuesday | Apr 6 2010AUSTRALIA and Virgin Blue have strengthened their frequent flyer partnership with California-based Virgin America (VX), which makes it now possible for guests to accrue and burn loyalty points on each others flight services.
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Five more years of JSA
Thursday | Apr 1 2010THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission yesterday confirmed its earlier draft decision (TD 04 Feb) to authorise the continued operation of the Joint Services Agremeent between Qantas and British Airways.
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Star Alliance fare boost
Thursday | Apr 1 2010TRAVEL agents across the country will today be scrambling to issue Star Alliance tickets in the lead-up to Easter, with the alliance announcing a fare increase with effectively just 24 hours notice.
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Ferguson backs TA push
Wednesday | Mar 31 2010IT’S about time we all gave Tourism Australia a fair go”.
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Mantra hails court win
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010MANTRA Group says a court judgement in its favour last Fri will “secure the future of the accommodation industry” in Australia.
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FC restructures Explore
Tuesday | Mar 30 2010FLIGHT Centre has offered redundancy packages to a handful of senior staff at its trade-facing Explore Holidays wholesale operation, but remains committed to the operation.