Headlines
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RACT Travel restructures
Monday | Aug 30 2010THE NSW-based Hunter Travel Group (HTG) has emerged as a major shareholder in Tasmania’s RACT Travelworld, after a restructure of the travel operations of The Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania.
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Cruising rides GFC wave
Friday | Aug 27 2010THE cruise industry’s contribution to the Australian economy grew 16.3% last year, with the strong performance coming despite the global economic slowdown.
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Qantas drops EY c’share
Friday | Aug 27 2010THE major new alliance between Virgin Blue and Etihad (TD yesterday) saw Qantas move rapidly to terminate its 18-month old codeshare pact with the Middle Eastern carrier.
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DJ to add domestic A330s
Thursday | Aug 26 2010VIRGIN Blue says the addition of two A330-200s to its domestic fleet will give it “additional flexibility, capacity and product opportunities to better penetrate both the leisure, corporate and government markets”.
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Virgin aligns with Etihad
Thursday | Aug 26 2010VIRGIN Blue and Etihad will tomorrow make a formal submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission asking for authorisation of an extensive pact which will see them cooperate on their domestic and international routes (TD breaking news).
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Vanuatu planning for 747s
Wednesday | Aug 25 2010THE Vanuatu govt has today announced plans to develop an airport on Espiritu Santo capable of handling Boeing 747 aircraft, with carriers from China to be targeted to operate services to the South Pacific destination.
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Rex celebrates top result
Wednesday | Aug 25 2010REGIONAL Express says its $24.7m after tax profit (TD breaking news) is very satisfying, particularly when compared to the $60m underlying profit for QF’s international, domestic and regional operations.
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FC boosts agent salaries
Tuesday | Aug 24 2010FLIGHT Centre says it has increased salaries and incentives paid to front end retail sales staff “to better reward travel consultants for the increasing complexity in their roles and to grow sales and productivity overall”.
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Agents to promote agents
Tuesday | Aug 24 2010A NEW “professional independent travel agents network” is inviting agencies to join in a proposed two year PR campaign to create awareness about the benefits of using a licensed professional travel agent.
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Qantaslink grounds Q400s
Monday | Aug 23 2010QANTAS has announced the “temporary removal from service” of five Qantaslink Bombardier Q400 aircraft, after an inspection of a main landing gear component revealed possible problems.