News
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BA pax up 5.9%
Monday | Dec 6 2010BRITISH Airways carried 2.48m passengers during Nov, up 5.9% on the previous year.
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Window Seat 06 Dec 10
Monday | Dec 6 2010ROYAL Caribbean’s Australian office is working hard to teach the firm’s international operations about Aussie preferences.
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TD readers win
Monday | Dec 6 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Lejla Dizdaric from Anywhere Travel in Sydney who was the lucky winner of the Anantara competition in Fri’s Travel Daily.
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QF freight focus
Monday | Dec 6 2010QANTAS has announced a boost to its freight capacity across the Tasman, with a 767-300F aircraft to be deployed on the route.
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Viva! Hawaii deals
Monday | Dec 6 2010VIVA! Holidays is offering a special range of Hawaii land products available for sale until 16 Dec, in conjunction with an exclusive airfare extension of the current special HA airfare which is now on sale until 10 Dec.
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Consumer review delay
Monday | Dec 6 2010THE Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs (MCCA) has delayed its consideration of the PricewaterhouseCoopers review of consumer protection in the travel industry, with a meeting on Fri agreeing to “seek final advice” from the Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs before its next meeting early in 2011.
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QF Pacific changes
Monday | Dec 6 2010QANTAS is continuing to deal with the grounding of its A380 fleet, rejigging several flights between Sydney and Los Angeles.
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UK merger review
Monday | Dec 6 2010THE UK’s Office of Fair Trading has flagged an in-depth probe into the proposed merger of the retail travel operations of Thomas Cook and The Co-Operative Travel (TD 08 Oct), after initial industry consultation raised concerns.
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Tyler to head IATA
Monday | Dec 6 2010CATHAY Pacific ceo Tony Tyler has been named as the new Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association, replacing outgoing chief Giovanni Bisignani.
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SQ A380 to LAX
Monday | Dec 6 2010LOS Angeles is the latest A380 destination to be served by Singapore Airlines, which has loaded GDS inventory for daily non-stop Singapore-Tokyo Narita-Los Angeles A380 flights from 27 Mar 2011.