Headlines
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Enquiry into LHR chaos
Friday | Dec 24 2010THE organisation responsible for the operation of London Heathrow Airport has launched a Winter Resilience Enquiry to establish the lessons which can be learned from last week’s flight chaos, at one of the world’s busiest airports.
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AA abandons Orbitz deal
Thursday | Dec 23 2010THE US-based Consumer Travel Alliance says American Airlines’ removal of its flight schedules and fares from Travelport’s online travel agent, Orbitz, is a move aimed at grabbing a larger share of consumer direct sales.
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QH/VH email price query
Thursday | Dec 23 2010QANTAS Holidays and Viva! Holidays have raised the methods agents can use to request a price match, introducing an email option for international or domestic wholesale bookings.
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TCF slams NT government
Wednesday | Dec 22 2010THE Travel Compensation Fund has criticized the Northern Territory Government for its decision 14 years ago to make participation in the fund for NT-based travel agents optional.
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JQ interlines with CX/KA
Wednesday | Dec 22 2010JETSTAR is forging ahead with its Asian expansion, this morning announcing two new interline deals with Cathay Pacific (CX) and Dragonair (KA) on flights into the Chinese market.
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DJ/DL readies for DOT OK
Tuesday | Dec 21 2010VIRGIN Blue Group is preparing for a reversal of opinion from the US transport regulator for its third airline alliance, yesterday seeking permission to give Delta Air Lines access to its Pacific Blue flights between Australia-New Zealand.
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AA: Travelport ‘tax’ trick
Tuesday | Dec 21 2010AMERICAN Airlines has accused Travelport of increasing its fares and preventing consumers access to its cheapest fares, as it begins imposing a Booking Source Premium to offset a ‘biased’ and ‘discriminatory’ fee (TD 13 Dec).
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Merlin coming down under
Monday | Dec 20 2010VILLAGE Roadshow Limited plans to offload its NSW portfolio of attractions and aquariums to the Merlin Entertainment Group as part of a $115m deal which will allow the European firm to enter into the Australian market.
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Fifth Aussie Oprah show?
Monday | Dec 20 2010TOURISM Australia’s ceo Andrew McEvoy has floated the idea of a fifth Australian-themed episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show to her production company, Harpo.
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AirAsia Philippines launch
Friday | Dec 17 2010MALAYSIAN low-cost carrier AirAsia has announced the establishment of a Manila-based offshoot, following in the steps of Jetstar which recently announced a new Philippines-based subsidiary (TD 13 Sep).