Headlines
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CVFR wins Solomons GSA
Wednesday | Nov 22 2023CVFR Travel Group’s Airline Rep Services has been appointed as Fiji General Sales Agent for Solomon Airlines, with a focus on sales, marketing and support services for the Fijian travel trade.
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Travel pain for mortgagors
Wednesday | Nov 22 2023BUDGET pressures are expected to affect travel intentions in the near future as consumers feel the squeeze from the latest rate hikes.
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VA nudges ahead of QF
Wednesday | Nov 22 2023AFTER months of trailing the pack, Virgin Australia has avoided the dubious honour of making the most domestic cancellations, with the Oct figures from BITRE showing that Qantas performed the worst of the major carriers.
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Airbus grounded by Boeing
Wednesday | Nov 22 2023AFTER an unremarkable performance at the Paris Air Show 2023 in Jun, Boeing has bounced back to experience its best selling day in years at the Dubai Airshow, which wrapped up earlier this week.
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Malaysia plots premium positioning
Wednesday | Nov 22 2023MALAYSIA Airlines wants to position itself as “leisure premium”, Chief Commercial Officer Dersenish Aresandiran told Travel Daily, with its goal to become one of the top 10 airlines in the world by 2030 in the Skytrax yearly rankings.
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Jetstar to add PER base
Tuesday | Nov 21 2023JETSTAR this morning announced it will add three new international routes out of Perth, with a new 60-strong pilot base seeing at least four aircraft operating out of the WA capital.
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SIA expands Kris to Oz
Tuesday | Nov 21 2023SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has rolled out its Kris lifestyle rewards app to Sydney and Melbourne for the first time.
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Thumbs up for MH’s first 737-8
Tuesday | Nov 21 2023MALAYSIA Airlines yesterday commemorated the arrival of its first Boeing 737-8 aircraft, advancing the fleet modernisation & expansion the carrier is currently undergoing.
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Douglas takes HLO role
Tuesday | Nov 21 2023THE appointment of Peter Douglas as Helloworld Travel Limited’s new National Sales Manager – Wholesale (TD breaking news yesterday) sets the stage for the division’s ongoing success, as incumbent Steve Brady transitions to lead HLO’s cruise division (TD 19 Oct).
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Longer business trips: FCTG
Tuesday | Nov 21 2023MORE hybrid working and a quest for a greater work-life balance in Australia is leading to business travellers taking longer trips and adding a rising number of leisure components on to work expeditions, new research from Flight Centre’s Corporate Traveller has found.