Headlines
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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.
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Another insurance attack
Tuesday | Mar 9 2010AN Australian online travel insurance provider is attracting attention around the world with a campaign titled “The Travel Agent is Dead”.
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QM2 circumnavigation!
Monday | Mar 8 2010CUNARD’S massive Queen Mary 2 will spend 28 nights in Australian waters in 2012, as she sails from Cape Town to Sydney via Fremantle and Adelaide and then undertakes her first ever circumnavigation of the country (TD breaking news).
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ASX JTG ‘please explain’
Monday | Mar 8 2010JETSET Travelworld Group hasbeen asked to advise theAustralian Stock Exchange when it first became aware of a major decline in first half profit, after its recent report (TD 15 Feb)which showed a 68% slide.
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Arrivals growth slowing
Friday | Mar 5 2010OUTBOUND travel to Indonesia, New Zealand and the USA has soared over the last 12 months, with figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing a whopping 52.5% increase in short term departures to Indonesia in Jan.
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Fares rise despite GFC
Friday | Mar 5 2010PUBLISHED airfares increased by 1% overall in the Asia-Pacific region in the three months to 31 Dec, despite the effects of the global economic meltdown.
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New Queenstown flights
Thursday | Mar 4 2010VIRGIN Blue’s trans-Tasman and NZ domestic offshoot Pacific Blue this morning announced new nonstop flights from Brisbane to Queenstown in New Zealand.
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TLH: Month on month growth
Thursday | Mar 4 2010THE wholesale travel divisions that fall under the management of Tourism & Leisure Holdings (TLH) are experiencing a return to sales levels of those before the global financial crisis, according to Carl Frier CEO for the group.
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Cox & Kings sales surge
Wednesday | Mar 3 2010COX & Kings Australia is in the midst of a spike in sales signalling a rebound from last year’s global financial crisis, according the wholesaler’s chief exec. officer.