News
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Brindi to lift Cobar
Monday | Dec 13 2010BRISBANE-based Brindabella Airlines is looking to expand its new Sydney-Cobar service, after receiving strong support from the mining industry, just two months into a four month trial period.
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Momento India JV
Monday | Dec 13 2010INDIAN Boutique luxury travel operators, Peirce and Leslie, have partnered up with Momento Travel Services to connect with Australian travel consultants.
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Jetstar inaugurals
Monday | Dec 13 2010JETSTAR is this week launching three new transTasman services, with a daily Melbourne-Auckland route, and twice weekly services between the Gold Coast and Melbourne to Queenstown.
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Agents sure to be sure
Monday | Dec 13 2010TOURISM Ireland in Australia, Irish destination management company Adams and Dutler, and Malaysia Airlines partnered up to host a group of top Australian travel agents to Wexford recently.
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Kumuka 20% comm
Monday | Dec 13 2010KUMUKA has extended its 20% commission offer for agents until 23 Dec, in line with the end of its 2011 Early Bird deals – for more details see kumuka.com/agents.
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AA alleges discrimination
Monday | Dec 13 2010AMERICAN Airlines is calling on travel agency support following its need to introduce a Booking Source Premium of US$11.75 per sector on AA (and sister carrier American Eagle) flights booked through the Galileo GDS outside the United States, from 20 Dec (TD 22 Nov).
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Webjet marketing
Monday | Dec 13 2010WEBJET will ramp up its marketing projects to outdoor media for the first time in the online travel booking site’s history from Jan, for six months.
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Chaos in Chicago
Monday | Dec 13 2010THE holiday plans of thousands of travellers flying into and out of Chicago have been thrown into disarray after Delta, United, Southwest and American, were forced to cancel over 1,400 flights due to snow storms yesterday.
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Dreamliner delays
Monday | Dec 13 2010THE delivery date for Boeing’s first long awaited, and constantly set back, 787 Dreamliner aircraft may be delayed until Jul, three years later than initially planned for launch customer, ANA.