News
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Balding to leave SYD
Monday | Oct 25 2010SYDNEY Airport ceo Russell Balding has resigned, and will leave his position in early 2011 once his current contract expires.
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TSAX buoyed by support
Monday | Oct 25 2010TRAVELSCENE American Express ceo Mike Thompson has admitted to being concerned by the lack of response from members about the group’s integration into the merged Stella/JTG entity.
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DJ/DL hound DoT
Monday | Oct 25 2010VIRGIN Blue and Delta Air Lines have urged the US transportation regulator to move forward with approval of their proposed alliance.
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Longer Bhutan trips
Friday | Oct 22 2010BHUTAN & Beyond says it’s seen a rise in the duration of visitor stays to Bhutan over the past two years, with people now looking at stays of 12-13 nights in 2010 – about double that of 2008.
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VisitBritain slashed
Friday | Oct 22 2010THE new UK government has drastically reduced funding to VisitBritain, as part of a range of drastic measures to address the country’s economic woes.
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Winners in Paradise
Friday | Oct 22 2010PARADISE Bay Eco Escape has taken away three awards at this years Whitsunday Tourism Awards (see here).
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JQ boosts Byron
Friday | Oct 22 2010JETSTAR this morning announced an increase in capacity to the NSW Far North Coast town of Ballina (and Byron Bay) with a thrice weekly Melbourne service to launch from 21 Dec.
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NLK heavy bag levy
Friday | Oct 22 2010NORFOLK Air will introduce a new overweight baggage charge for customers, effective 01 Nov.
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KE A380 details
Friday | Oct 22 2010KOREAN Air has unveiled details of the configuration of its first four A380 superjumbos, due for delivery from May 2011.
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Lacaze speaks to TSAX members
Friday | Oct 22 2010THE ceo of the merged Stella/Jetset Travelworld Group has used the Travelscene American Express 2011 Owners-Managers Conference to update members with details about the new entity.