News
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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.
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BA Australia route “very profitable”
Monday | Nov 29 2010THE strong Australian dollar and good loads have seen a surge in profitability for British Airways’ double daily long haul operations between the UK and Australia.
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ANZCRO hot NZ hotel pricing
Monday | Nov 29 2010NEW Zealand specialist wholesaler ANZCRO has launched a new hotel program for 2011 which founder Owen Eagles says will help agents compete with online accommodation providers.
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New JTG tag lines
Monday | Nov 29 2010JETSET Travelworld Retail Network launched new tag lines for both the Jetset and Travelworld brands at the group’s conference at Hong Kong Disneyland (TD Fri).
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Story time for NZ
Monday | Nov 29 2010AIR New Zealand is looking at a number of innovative services on its new 777-300ER aircraft, including running a “story time” for children in the aircraft galley.
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LAN acquires Aires
Monday | Nov 29 2010LAN Airlines has announced the acquisition of Colombian carrier Aires for US$12 million, along with assuming debts of US$100m.
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GlobalCARS bargain
Monday | Nov 29 2010GLOBALCARS is offering prices of about 10% cheaper than last year on earlybird Citroen Europe leasing bookings, due to the strong Australian dollar.
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DFAT on Korea
Monday | Nov 29 2010THE Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade is advising against travel to the Northern Limit Line Islands in the Republic of Korea after last week’s exchange of artillery fire from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on ROK.