News
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DJ pax numbers up
Monday | Nov 29 2010VIRGIN Blue this morning announced a 3.7% increase in Oct domestic passenger numbers to 1.4 million – but an increase in capacity saw the airline’s revenue load factor dive 3.9 points to 81% for the month.
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Sabre pushes for scale
Monday | Nov 29 2010SABRE Pacific ceo Gai Tyrrell has hailed the vision of Jetset Travelworld Group ceo Peter Lacaze in pursuing the merger between Stella Travel and JTG, saying it had for the first time “created an opportunity for Flight Centre to be tackled head on”.
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Cosmos Asia boost
Monday | Nov 29 2010COSMOS has added a new 7-day India tour to its Asia program, which now include 11 tours visiting China, Japan, Thailand, India, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bhutan, priced from $96 per day.
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Jewel sails away
Monday | Nov 29 2010RELIEVED cruisers celebrated the successful departure on Sat of P&O’s Pacific Jewel, which has been in drydock for repairs and upgrades for the last four weeks and now has a rectified stabiliser and a new top deck Big Screen.
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QF A380 LAX plan
Monday | Nov 29 2010QANTAS looks to be planning a resumption of Pacific A380 flights in mid-Dec, with GDS displays currently showing A380 availability for MEL-LAX and SYD-LAX effective 15 Dec.
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APT South America
Monday | Nov 29 2010APT has launched its first programs in South America, with an interim brochure detailing departures from Oct-Dec 2011.
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JTG Cruise Centre rollout
Monday | Nov 29 2010THE Jetset Travelworld Retail Network will this Fri officially launch its long-awaited Cruise Centre – an online cruise booking platform which will allow agents to easily compare cruise offerings from a range of suppliers.
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QH drops air fee
Monday | Nov 29 2010QANTAS Holidays has announced the removal of its $50 booking fee for retail airfares purchased in conjunction with its land packages.
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Skywest profit to be hit by A320 buy
Monday | Nov 29 2010SKYWEST Airlines’ executive chairman Jeff Chatfield has said its investment of an Airbus A320-300 aircraft (TD 03 Aug) will impact on net profit for the half-year period to 31 Dec 2010, which is now expected to be lower by $2.9m year-on-year.
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Velocity car promise
Monday | Nov 29 2010VELOCITY Rewards, the loyalty program of the Virgin Blue Group, is offering a Price Promise for pax when booking car rentals with Hertz, Thrifty or Europcar.