Headlines
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Six hours to Micronesia
Tuesday | Mar 16 2010AUSTRALIAN travel agents have a new product to sell for the upcoming Easter and school holiday periods, with the long-awaited news that Palau-based Pacificflier.com will commence operations to Brisbane on 31 Mar.
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Expedia drops more fees
Monday | Mar 15 2010THE Australian operation of online travel giant Expedia says it’s today become the “first and only online travel website to allow Australians to change or cancel a booking over the phone without paying any Expedia change or cancellation fees.”
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Pacific Sun limps home
Monday | Mar 15 2010P&O is offering passengers on its current Pacific Sun South Pacific Cruise a full refund of their cruise fare and a 25% future cruise credit, after the vessel developed engine trouble on its way to Vanuatu.
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QF/EY codeshare grows
Friday | Mar 12 2010ETIHAD and Qantas have expanded their codeshare agreement, with the EY code set to be placed on more domestic Australian flights – including on the key Sydney-Melbourne route.
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QFlink goes international
Friday | Mar 12 2010QANTAS regional offshoot Qantaslink has signalled its intention for its first international route, with QF lodging an application with the International Air Services Commission for Q400 capacity betwen Cairns and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.
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Sydney drops off QR map
Thursday | Mar 11 2010THE online route map on the Qatar Airways website has been modified to remove Sydney as an imminently launching destination.
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Record NTIA nominations
Thursday | Mar 11 2010THERE are just two days left for the industry to nominate for this year’s National Travel Industry Awards – but AFTA says there’s already been a huge response with the number of nominations received so far already topping last year’s record figures.
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Venture EXPLORE! deal
Wednesday | Mar 10 2010ANOTHER adventure tour operator has turned its attention to the Australian market, with UK-based EXPLORE! Worldwide changing its distribution arrangements here.
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Delta one stop to NYC
Wednesday | Mar 10 2010DELTA Air Lines has rearranged the numbering of its flights between Australia and the USA, and will offer a one-stop direct, same flight number service from New York to Sydney from 01 Jun.
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QF adjusts HKG flights
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010QANTAS is today promoting new operating times for its flights to Hong Kong from Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, significantly expanding connection options.