News
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QF lifts O/S YQ
Thursday | Feb 10 2011QANTAS has updated its YQ fuel surcharges for tickets sold in overseas markets including the UK, Ireland, USA, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico as well as for tickets issued in Australia for travel originating in the UK and Europe.
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Aviation security legislation passes
Thursday | Feb 10 2011FEDERAL Parliament has officially passed the new Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Bill 2010, which aims to “create safer skies for the travelling public and those who work in the aviation industry,” according to Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, Brendan O’Connor.
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Republic LH c’share
Thursday | Feb 10 2011US carrier Republic Airline has requested to allow Lufthansa to codeshare on services operated by US Airway Express on routes within America.
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North Star cheaper
Thursday | Feb 10 2011NORTH Star Cruises has reduced its prices for cruises on True North when travelling in 2011 and 2012, to “affirmatively keep the company in step with a changed market” the firm said.
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Jet triples Dubai
Thursday | Feb 10 2011INDIAN carrier and QF codeshare partner Jet Airways has announced a third daily flight between Mumbai and Dubai.
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Google no to OTA
Thursday | Feb 10 2011INTERNET search engine giant, Google, has no intention of becoming an Online Travel Agent, according to its UK Travel Team industry manager, Nate Bucholz.
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Oh what a feeling… Gap!
Thursday | Feb 10 2011GAP Adventures and Qatar Airways recently partnered up to host a group of STA travel agents on a famil to Jordan.
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Serenity upgrade
Thursday | Feb 10 2011CRYSTAL Cruises will spend over US$25 million on an overhaul of Crystal Serenity when the ship goes into drydock in Hamburg for 14 days in May.
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DFW cancellations
Thursday | Feb 10 2011A MASSIVE winter storm in Texas has seen American Airlines cancel almost 400 flights at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – amounting to about 20% of the carrier’s daily operations, according to USA Today.