News
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Aurora cosmic trip
Monday | Jan 10 2011AURORA Expeditions will assist with transporting a rare 5kg meteorite from Antarctica as part of its…
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Pac Blue $20m loss
Monday | Jan 10 2011VIRGIN Blue lost almost NZ$20m on Pacific Blue domestic New Zealand services prior to ceasing operations in the country in Oct last year, according to the airline’s corporate accounts.
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15% Chat comm.
Monday | Jan 10 2011CHAT Tours has announced it will offer agents 15% commission on all bookings made by 11 Feb.
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DJ to add turbo prop fleet
Monday | Jan 10 2011VIRGIN Blue is preparing to go head to head with Qantas on the fly-in fly-out (FIFO) market, today announcing it has signed a 10-year alliance with Skywest Airlines (TD breaking news) to tap into the resource market.
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E-ticket shake up
Monday | Jan 10 2011RELAXED security measures at domestic airports may see federal authorities ban the use of electronic tickets and automatic baggage check-in, according to a report in The Sunday Telegraph.
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QR/GOL codeshare
Friday | Jan 7 2011BRAZIL’S GOL Linhas Aereas and Qatar Airways have signed a codeshare deal that will see QR add its code on GOL flights from Sao Paulo to 48 domestic cities.
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Snotels ramps up
Friday | Jan 7 2011A NEW international hotel brand focusing on mid-range properties in Europe and Northern American ski resorts and alpine towns, has launched, dubbed Snotels.
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Mexicana revival
Friday | Jan 7 2011BANKRUPT oneworld airline alliance carrier, Mexicana de Aviacion, is preparing to relaunch services from as early as Feb, initially with 30% of the airline’s workforce to be rehired.
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Port Mac. events up
Friday | Jan 7 2011PORT Macquarie Tourism say its witnessed a 12% year-on-year rise in events during 2010, luring about 700,000 overnight visitors to the NSW mid-north coast city.
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ROK closed longer
Friday | Jan 7 2011QANTASLINK has extended its flight cancellations to Rockhampton from Brisbane, Mackay, Cairns and Townsville until 14 Jan, five days later than initially planned (TD Wed) due to flooding.