News
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JQ fleet continues to grow
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010Jetstar saw a 35% year on year growth in its fleet during 2010 and last week celebrated the delivery of its 50th narrow body aircraft, an Airbus A320. The first service on VH-VGD was JQ446 between Melbourne and the Gold Coast, with operating crew (pictured here ).
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QF seeks Fokkers
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010QANTAS ceo Alan Joyce plans to “massively” expand the carrier’s newly acquired fly-in fly-out (FIFO) operation, Network Aviation (TD 13 Dec), with additional Fokker 100 aircraft being eyed.
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Thai Tourism app.
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010TOURISM Authority of Thailand has rolled out a new ‘Amazing Thailand’ mobile app to increase its way of promoting tourism.
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New Pandaw trips
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010PANDAW Cruises has added two segment cruises in Borneo to its product offering, including a five night upstream itinerary from Sibu to Kapit and return, or a three-night downstream option to the Delta – see www.pandaw.com.
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Expedia hides AA flights
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010ONLINE travel firm Expedia.com has thrown its support behind a rival web-based agent, as a result of American Airlines’ decision to pull its fares and flight schedules from Orbitz websites (TD Thu).
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VH revises HA fares
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010VIVA! Holidays is advising agents it’s revising its Hawaiian Airlines wholesale airfares to be consisent with those of HA’s, effective 04 Jan, with commission levels to remain unchanged at 8%.
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LHR snow chaos to cost BAA £40M
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010THE operator of London’s Heathrow Airport is expected to lose around £40 million (AU$61m) in trading due to heavy snowfall which brought air travel to a standstill last week.
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Thai decree down
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010THE Royal Thai Government has ended its emergency decree that has been in place for Bangkok and surrounding provinces since the May 2010 political protests.
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US blizzard chaos
Wednesday | Dec 29 2010QANTAS has been forced to revise its flight schedule for services to and from New York’s JFK Airport as a result of severe blizzard conditions that struck the US North East in recent days.