News
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Lizard Island deal
Friday | Jul 16 2010THE Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island is offering a ‘Stay 5, Pay 4’ deal for travel on 20 Dec, on sale to 31 Aug – see lizardisland.com.au.
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Air NZ ups London
Friday | Jul 16 2010AIR New Zealand is bolstering frequencies from five weekly to daily between Auckland and London Heathrow (via Hong Kong) during the Christmas/New Year period, according to agent GDSs.
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HBA master plan OK
Friday | Jul 16 2010HOBART Airport has today been given the green light for its 20 year Master Plan (TD 03 Aug 09), which proposes increased check-in facilities, lounges, baggage hall capacity and a runway extension.
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Jetstar tightens ZQN fares
Friday | Jul 16 2010Jetstar celebrated the announcement of new twice weekly direct services between the Gold Coast and Melbourne to Queenstown (TD Wed), with the aid of some of the players from the JQ-backed Gold Coast Titans.
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Rex grabs top gong
Friday | Jul 16 2010REGIONAL Express has taken out the title of the world’s Top Performing Regional Airline for the second year running by Aviation Week and Space Technology.
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Gap tree planting
Friday | Jul 16 2010GAP Adventures is inviting the travel industry to join with them in next month’s PlanetARK National Tree Day in Melbourne.
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TCF termination
Friday | Jul 16 2010THE Travel Compensation Fund has this morning announced the non-voluntary termination of Koralia Tours, Strathfield NSW (ABN: 66 099 615 568) effective 15 Jul, as its licence was cancelled.
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German €26 tax
Friday | Jul 16 2010THE German govt has draft a law to impose a new air travel tax on airlines from 01 Jan of up to €26pp (AU$38) on long haul flights, as flagged by Travel Daily recently (TD 09 Jun).
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Marc and the Masterchef
Friday | Jul 16 2010AS this year’s Masterchef TV series approaches its climax, host Gary Mehigan yesterday was the guest of honour at a special celebrity luncheon at the Sydney Sofitel Wentworth (see here).
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BA gets mobile
Friday | Jul 16 2010BRITISH Airways is the latest carrier to offer mobile boarding passes for iPhone users from next week, initially on routes between London Heathrow and Edinburgh.