News
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QF buys simulator
Thursday | Jan 13 2011QANTAS has purchased a CAE 7000 Series Level D full-flight simulator from Montreal-based CAE for about CAD$13 million, according to Canadian sources.
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DJ ceo on legroom
Thursday | Jan 13 2011VIRGIN Blue chief executive John Borghetti says he’s confident the carrier’s cabin upgrade and roll out of new A330 jets in coming months will rival that of Qantas, and meet the needs of WA-based AFL players.
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Largest Airbus order
Thursday | Jan 13 2011INDIAN low cost carrier, IndiGo, has placed a US$15.6 billion order with Airbus for 180 A320s, which includes 150 new A320neos and is the biggest single order to be received by the manufacturer.
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Lance promotes SA
Thursday | Jan 13 2011CYCLING great Lance Armstrong has arrived in Adelaide ahead of this year’s Tour Down Under, and is creating loads of interest in South Australia via his ‘tweets’ to over 2.7 million followers, as well as driving support for QLD floods.
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Value Tours adds South America
Thursday | Jan 13 2011VALUE Tours launched its 2011 New Zealand ski brochure last night in Sydney, featuring for the first time, snow holidays to South America, including packages to Argentina and Chile, as flagged by TD last week (TD 06 Jan).
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WA regional profiles
Thursday | Jan 13 2011WESTERN Australia’s regional profiles has been released this week for 2009/10 by Tourism Research Australia.
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CTED: Tourism jobs washed away
Thursday | Jan 13 2011CAPRICORN Tourism and Economic Development (CTED) is expecting around 1,200 full time employees in the tourism and hospitality industry will be without work for a prolonged period of time, due to the 03 Jan road, rail and air closures in and around Rockhampton.
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BAA traffic results
Thursday | Jan 13 2011THE UK’s BAA Group showed a 10.9% year-on-year drop in passenger numbers during Dec, handling 7.2 million passengers in the month.
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TTF ce reminder
Thursday | Jan 13 2011TOURISM & Transport Forum is reminding the industry that John Lee is the firm’s new chief exec., replacing Christopher Brown.