News
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Airlines cancel over 900 flights in Feb
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011‘EXTREME weather’ conditions along the East Coast of Australia, particularly in Queensland, have resulted, not suprisingly, in Feb being one of the worst months for airline flight cancellations and on time performances in the past three years.
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AKL to keep ZQN share
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011AUCKLAND Airport and Queenstown Airport have jointly cancelled their previously announced Subscription Agreement, which would have allowed AKL to lift its existing shareholding in ZQN.
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Lufthansa adds permanent First beds
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011German Star Alliance carrier Lufthansa has released mock-up images of its revolutionary new First Class cabin (TD 14 Mar).
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Travelport HRG deal
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011TRAVELPORT has signed a new global deal with Hogg Robinson Group to use its Universal API technology which reduces costs and increases efficiency.
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Viking KK’s newbuilds
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011VIKING River Cruises has confirmed the details of its four new European river cruise ships (TD yesterday), with the Viking Freya, Viking Idun, Viking Njord and Viking Odin set to debut at the start of the 2012 season.
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CX Westpac points
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011CATHAY Pacific has instigated a new pact with Westpac, allowing bank customers to convert their Altitude loyalty points into Asia Miles at the rate of two points per mile.
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RCI moves to NZ$
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011ROYAL Caribbean is set to further target the New Zealand market, with the imminent launch of NZ$ pricing within the next two months.
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Jetstar maintains Japan
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011JETSTAR is continuing its current flying schedule for Australia-Japan services, despite the ongoing
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AA/LAN blanket c/s
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011AMERICAN Airlines has told the US govt it wants to add LAN Argentina to its list of foreign airlines from non-open skies countries (that already includes Qantas) with which AA has blanket codeshare authorisation.
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NTIA agent nominees
Tuesday | Mar 22 2011TODAY TD can exclusively reveal the agent nominees in this year’s hotly contested National Travel Industry Awards.