News
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New Micronesian carrier
Tuesday | Dec 8 2009AUSTRALIAN travel company Aerius Travel has today launched a new Palau-based airline which will operate thrice weekly flights from Brisbane to Micronesia.
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Arrivals on the up
Monday | Dec 7 2009SHORT term visitor arrivals into Australia rose for the third successive month for Oct, with the ABS reporting today a trend estimate of 4.3% on Oct last year.
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EY boost Himalayas
Monday | Dec 7 2009ETIHAD Airways is increasing its frequency on the Abu Dhabi- Kathmandu route, adding three weekly services to boost flights to a daily operation from Jan.
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New Euro US route
Monday | Dec 7 2009US AIRWAYS has announced it will launch a daily direct service between Charlotte and Rome from 13 May, using a two-class Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
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WhiteKnight 2 debut
Monday | Dec 7 2009SIR Richard Branson will today launch Virgin Galactic’s newest spaceship WhiteKnightTwo in the Mojave desert in the USA, with space flights planned for 2011/12.
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Rewards winner
Monday | Dec 7 2009CONGRATS to Sue Strain of AIIU Travel who was the Fri winner in the Travel Corporation’s World Rewards mini-comp that featured exclusively in TD last week.
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SIA transatlantic
Monday | Dec 7 2009SINGAPORE Airlines is set to offer flights from London Heathrow to both New York JFK and Newark, via a codeshare with Virgin Atlantic.
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PAL back to BNE
Monday | Dec 7 2009PHILIPPINE Airlines will relaunch Brisbane services from 16 Mar when it begins a twice weekly tri-city operation on the Manila- Melbourne-Brisbane-Manila route on Thu and Fri’s.
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New Italy address
Monday | Dec 7 2009THE Italian Government Tourist Office has new email contact details because of a head office policy change to unify the email addresses of all overseas offices.
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Qatar launch MEL
Monday | Dec 7 2009QATAR Airways inaugurated services to Australia yesterday when its first commercial service arrived into Melbourne last night.