News
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New luxury hotel planned for Sydney
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009FURTHER details about the proposed 22-hectare Lend Lease project to be built at the vacant Barangaroo site on the Sydney harbour foreshore (TD 21 Dec) are starting to emerge.
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New Silversea ship?
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009SILVERSEA Cruises is looking to order a sister ship to its recently launched Silver Spirit.
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Gorilla permit deal
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009THE Africa Safari Co. are giving away a free gorilla trekking permit for a second passenger when booking on select Rwandan Gorilla Safaris in 2010.
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CZ ups SYD capacity
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009CHINA Southern Airlines will upgrade its Sydney service from an Airbus A330-200 to a larger and newer A330-300 on 11 Jan, increasing capacity by about 10%.
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QantasLink rebuts Rex allegations
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009QANTAS has brushed off suggestions made by Regional Express about “predatory pricing” by QantasLink for its reason to abandon the Mackay-Townsville route (TD yesterday).
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TFC predicts solid recovery
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009TOURISM Australia’s Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC) says it expects 2010 will bring with it a turn-around in the number of people travelling, domestically and internationally.
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TT’s New Year sale
Wednesday | Dec 30 2009TIGER Airways is offering fares on select routes priced at $10 or $20 one way (incl taxes & charges) in its latest promotion as the nofrills airline welcomes in 2010.
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DCA underwater
Tuesday | Dec 29 2009FLIGHTS into Ronald Reagan Airport, Washington DC were thrown into chaos on Sat when a broken pipe caused the flooding of the airport’s Terminal C baggage claim area.
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US/EVA extend deal
Tuesday | Dec 29 2009US AIRWAYS and EVA Air have requested an extension of their codeshare agreement with the US Dept of Transportation, to come online as early as 02 Jan 2010.
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FR ditching Italy?
Tuesday | Dec 29 2009NO FRILLS Irish airline Ryanair is considering dropping its flight operations within Italy due to new rules that are being rolled out by the country’s authorities over the type of ID pax require to fly.