News
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AA sues Sabre/Travelport
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011AMERICAN Airlines has filed for action against Sabre in a Texas court for its decision to conceal its airfares and terminate a contract early with the carrier (TD 06 Jan), saying the move will impact on travel agent sales.
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BNE Airport open
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011BRISBANE Airport says domestic and int’l services are still landing and departing today, despite an “unprecedented rain event”.
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Viva! adds Strategic
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011VIVA! Holidays is now offering airfares to Bali (Denpasar) and Phuket with Strategic Airlines from Brisbane and Perth, under an agreement announced and introduced yesterday afternoon.
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SkyTeam signs SV
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011THE SkyTeam airline network will broaden its reach to the Middle East from 2012, after overnight signing Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) to its alliance.
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DJ HQ evacuated
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011THE Virgin Blue Group has been forced to evacuate its Brisbane-based headquarters as a result of rising flood waters which have swamped the Queensland capital.
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ROK airport update
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011QANTASLINK isn’t expecting to fly regular commercial flights to Rockhampton for another week as a result of the recent flooding.
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QF A380s to LA from Sun
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011QANTAS has this afternoon confirmed it will steadily resume Airbus A380 operations on services to the USA from Sun 16 Jan, as flagged by Travel Daily earlier this month (TD 06 Jan), saying it is now satisified with engine thrust issues that prevented the flights from returning earlier.
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JQ aces WTA deal
Tuesday | Jan 11 2011JETSTAR has signed on as the official airline partner of the Women’s Tennis Association, with the carrier now offering tailored flights across the Asia Pacific Region for players, tournaments, and their staff.
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TD breaking news – Virgin Blue/Skywest sign new alliance
Monday | Jan 10 2011Virgin to add turbo prop fleet under alliance with Skywest
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Cool Samoan Adventure
Monday | Jan 10 2011Adventure World and Samoa Tourism Authortity were hosts to Flight Centre’s top sellers on a recent famil to Samoa (see here).