News
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Virgin traffic falls
Wednesday | Dec 23 2009VIRGIN Blue this morning released its Nov passenger numbers, with a 3.1% decrease month on month in domestic carriage over the previous year.
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Tiger targets Aust growth
Wednesday | Dec 23 2009TIGER Airways says it’s “well positioned to increase market share in Australia as a result of a lower cost base and attractive fares” – despite losing almost $80 million in its local operations since launching in 2007.
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Aurora restructure
Wednesday | Dec 23 2009POLAR cruise specialist Aurora Expeditions has undergone a restructure, with the operation now under a newly formed company called Aurora Travel Pty Ltd, according to TCF records.
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EY/Alitalia MoU
Wednesday | Dec 23 2009ETIHAD Airways (EY) and Alitalia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for codesharing to commence from Apr next year.
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WORLD bets on OZ
Wednesday | Dec 23 2009WORLDHOTELS has signed up Australia’s 480-room Star City Hotel and Apartments, Sydney to its New Deluxe Collection and the 194-room Jupiters Townsville to the First Class Collection.
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CZ to Phuket
Wednesday | Dec 23 2009CHINA Southern Airlines has announced a new flight between Beijing and Phuket, with services operating twice weekly 01 Jan-25 Feb and increasing to four times a week during Chinese New Year.
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Fred.Olsen bargain
Wednesday | Dec 23 2009FRED.Olsen Cruises has slashed the price of the last remaining cabins of the San Francisco-Sydney sector of Balmoral’s world cruise.
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Flight Centre NZ warning
Wednesday | Dec 23 2009THE New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) has warned Flight Centre that its “Fly for Free” guarantee risks breaching the country’s Fair Trading Act.
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2009 in Review Jul/Aug
Tuesday | Dec 22 2009Travel Daily continues its look back at the big news and events of the past 12 months which have affected the travel industry – today with a review of the months of Jul and Aug.
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ANA orders 10 jets
Tuesday | Dec 22 2009ALL Nippon Airways has ordered five 777-200ER and five 767-300ER jets with Boeing worth about $US2.1 b, to meet demand at its Tokyo Haneda airport hub.