Headlines
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Airline ancillary fee clarity
Thursday | Jan 19 2017FOREIGN airlines flying into the United States will be required to supply customers with the cost of all baggage fees when quoting or booking an airfare under new regulations proposed by the US Government.
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Jetstar adds Ho Chi Minh
Thursday | Jan 19 2017LOW-COST non-stop flights from Australia to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, will be introduced by Jetstar from May, expanding the Qantas subsidiary’s network deeper into Southeast Asia.
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Travel fuels trade surge
Wednesday | Jan 18 2017TRAVEL services helped fuel Australia’s record trade figures in 2015-16, generating more than $40 billion in export income.
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Airport option in doubt
Wednesday | Jan 18 2017THE Federal Government is pushing ahead with plans for a new airport at Badgerys Creek as speculation mounts that Sydney Airport Corporation will reject an offer to operate the new facility.
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Radiance White Bay shift
Wednesday | Jan 18 2017ROYAL Caribbean International has advised customers on three upcoming sailings of Radiance of the Seas their ship will now be anchored at Athol Bay in Sydney Harbour, with passengers to be ferried to White Bay Cruise Terminal for processing.
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CLIA overhauls exec roles
Tuesday | Jan 17 2017CRUISE Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia has announced the departure of long-time commercial director Brett Jardine as part of a restructure under its new md Joel Katz.
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Jetstar to Johannesburg?
Tuesday | Jan 17 2017QANTAS Group has dismissed suggestions it may be looking at introducing low-cost options on the South Africa route, despite newly filed papers showing the Australian airline wants authority to enable one of its subsidiaries to fly across the Indian Ocean.
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Tiger on standby for DPS
Monday | Jan 16 2017TIGERAIR Australia remains hopeful of reviving its Bali services this week as talks continue over its dispute with Indonesian regulators.
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Outbound figures decline
Monday | Jan 16 2017SHORT-TERM visitor arrivals from Malaysia, South Korea and India all increased by more than 20 percent in Nov, according to new ABS data, while outbound results show signs of decline.
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Viking confirms Syd intentions
Friday | Jan 13 2017VIKING Cruises has unveiled its ocean liner deployment plans for Australia, confirming Viking Spirit will operate a number of sailings from Sydney in 2019, as exclusively forecast by Travel Daily earlier this week (TD Mon).