Headlines
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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.
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QH int’l price matching
Monday | Mar 29 2010QANTAS Holidays and Viva! Holidays are now offering instant price matching on both domestic and international itineraries.
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IATA forces trust accounts
Monday | Mar 29 2010NEW financial criteria being introduced by the International Air Transport Association for IATA-registered agents in Australia are set to change the face of the industry here.
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Princess boosts Australia
Friday | Mar 26 2010THERE will be plenty of cruise capacity in Australian waters in 2011-12, with Princess Cruises the latest line to announce extra capacity (TD breaking news).
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Jetstar could fly to PNG
Friday | Mar 26 2010THE Interrnational Air Services Commission has granted Qantas rights to operate flights between Cairns and Port Moresby, with 888 seats approved and the carrier planning 12 weekly Qantaslink flights on the route (TD 12 Mar).
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ACCC ticks airline group
Thursday | Mar 25 2010THE competition watchdog has issued a draft determination which proposes to grant authorisation for collective negotiations by airlines via the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia (BARA).