Headlines
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Jetstar flags NZ long-haul
Friday | Jun 4 2010JETSTAR is actively considering the deployment of A330 aircraft into the New Zealand market, with ceo Bruce Buchanan today confirming he would progressively unveil additional services over the
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Global partnership for QBT
Thursday | Jun 3 2010JETSET Travelworld has announced that its Qantas Business Travel subsidiary has become a Global Partner of TMC alliance UNIGLOBE Travel.
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Expedia names TAAP rep
Wednesday | Jun 2 2010EXPEDIA has today announced the appointment of Discover the World Marketing to represent its Travel Agents Affiliate Program in Australia and New Zealand.
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Jetstar signs AF/KLM pact
Wednesday | Jun 2 2010JETSTAR has today signed a “landmark interline agreement” with Air France and KLM, which is the first interline deal covering the whole Jetstar Group outside of its parent company, Qantas.
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Accor reports recovery
Tuesday | Jun 1 2010HOTEL group Accor Asia Pacific says a combination of strong demand and a lack of new hotel rooms coming onto the market is likely to see room rates in Australia increase this year.
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Giant response to TA ad
Tuesday | Jun 1 2010THE copy of the new Tourism Australia TV commercial which was loaded onto the Travel Daily TV website (TD yesterday) has attracted about a thousand views and many comments in the last 18 hours since it went online.
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TA launches new promo
Monday | May 31 2010THE new Tourism Australia ‘Nothing like Australia’ campaign went live this morning (TD breaking news), with phase 2 including a new TV commercial featuring locations and images inspired by contributions from ordinary Aussies.
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Qantas to lift MEL A380s
Monday | May 31 2010QANTAS this morning confirmed the deployment details of its next four Airbus A380s, which are expected to arrive in the next 12 months or so.
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QFLink ramps up int’l ops
Friday | May 28 2010The Qantas regional subsidiary flagged the expansion of its network to PNG earlier this year (TD 12 Mar) when it applied to the International Air Services Commission seeking 888 seats per week to the country’s capital.
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QF delays return of First
Friday | May 28 2010PREMIUM travel is clearly taking longer to recover than expected, with Qantas pushing back the planned re-introduction of First Class service on three international routes (TD 16 Feb).