News
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AM lifting US routes
Friday | Oct 29 2010AEROMEXICO is seeking authority to recommence regular services between points in Mexico and the USA which it had previously suspended flying to.
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Fly-in Antarctic trips
Friday | Oct 29 2010NEWLY founded Australian wholesaler 50 Degrees North has announced a new program of itineraries which will fly pax to the Antarctic Interior.
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Chicago cancels
Friday | Oct 29 2010BAD weather at Chicago O’Hare Airport in the US caused the cancellation of 200 flights yesterday, with some reports saying the rain and strong winds could be the most powerful storm to hit Illinois in over 70 years.
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Pay rise for Willie
Friday | Oct 29 2010BRITISH Airways ceo Willie Walsh will get a healthy pay rise if the carrier successfully merges with Iberia, with his base salary increasing by 12% to £825,000 and his annual cash and share bonus moving from 100% of salary to 200%.
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Evergreen reminder
Friday | Oct 29 2010TRAVEL agents have until close of businees today to request a space on an Evergreen Tours famil to Canada, departing 11 Nov.
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JetBlue to Alaska
Friday | Oct 29 2010NEW YORK-based no frills carrier JetBlue Airways is launching seasonal services between Long Beach Airport, Los Angeles to Anchorage Airport, from 26 May.
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Reviewers review
Friday | Oct 29 2010FAKE reviews of hotels and restaurants on such websites as TripAdvisor are set to have their writers named and shamed by the UK based online reputation management company Kwichex.
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Kenya opening up
Friday | Oct 29 2010TOURISM in the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya is set to resume after the region was devastated by flash flooding earlier this year.
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Qantas to Texas?
Friday | Oct 29 2010QANTAS is understood to be considering adding new non-stop flights between Australia and Dallas/Fort Worth in Texas.
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Agent-only wholesaler growth
Friday | Oct 29 2010THE Australian firm behind the Travel Agents Nexus online wholesale system is set for rapid expansion, with the recent addition of sightseeing and transfers to its existing portfolio of hotel properties and car hire.