Headlines

Headlines

• V Aust to drop Fiji flight

  Tuesday | Feb 23 2010

  V AUSTRALIA has requested the return of 360 seats of Fiji capacity back to Pacific Blue, with planned operations to Nadi to drop to six per week.

• Turkish Airlines given OK

  Monday | Feb 22 2010

  A NEW bilateral aviation agreement has been finalised between Australia and Turkey, which paves the way for direct flights by Turkish Airlines.

• SYD international up 11.5%

  Friday | Feb 19 2010

  MACQUARIE Airports this morning released its Jan traffic figures, confirming the ongoing recovery in passenger  numbers as Sydney airport recorded its highest ever international traffic.

• Qantas to upgrade 747s

  Thursday | Feb 18 2010

  QANTAS will spend $400 million on a reconfiguration of its 747- 400s to give them a long-haul product consistent with the QF A380 fleet (TD breaking news) – as well as 52 extra seats.
  

• Wotif launches flight site

  Wednesday | Feb 17 2010

  A NEW website has been launched by online accommodation leader wotif.com which sees the firm set its sights on the domestic aviation market.

• JTG turnover slides 21%

  Tuesday | Feb 16 2010

  JETSET Travelworld’s results for the six months to 31 Dec (TD breaking news) show the company has clearly suffered from the global economic crisis.

• Business events crisis

  Tuesday | Feb 16 2010

  VISITOR arrivals for business events in Australia plummeted 23% last year, with peak body the Business Events Council of Australia (BECA) calling for urgent action to arrest the decline.

• Chinese capacity boosted

  Monday | Feb 15 2010

  THE government has finalised an air services agreement which will boost capacity between Australia and China by 70%.

• Etihad set to lift flights

  Friday | Feb 12 2010

  UAE flag carrier Etihad has been granted the rights to operate up to 42 flights a week from Abu Dhabi into Australia -double its current 21 weekly frequencies (TD breaking news).

• Sydney congress in Oct

  Thursday | Feb 11 2010

  AROUND 1,000 travel professionals from around the globe are expected to descend on Sydney this coming Oct when Australia hosts its third ever world congress for travel industry networking club Skål International.