News
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LAN B787s sooner
Friday | Mar 26 2010LAN Airlines has moved forward the delivery schedule of its first wave of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets by three years, from 2014 to the first half of next year.
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JQ to Fiji from Mon
Friday | Mar 26 2010JETSTAR will begin flying from Sydney to Nadi, Fiji next week, offering four weekly services.
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Dubai World lifeline
Friday | Mar 26 2010THE Dubai government has pledged its support for Dubai World and real estate company Nakheel, saying yesterday it will provide up to US$9.5 billion in fresh funding to save the businesses from debt.
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DL long-haul wi-fi
Friday | Mar 26 2010DELTA Air Lines is considering a trial of in-flight internet service for its long haul flights, with a test mooted in the next 18 months.
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SQ to Tokyo Haneda
Friday | Mar 26 2010SINGAPORE Airlines has loaded twice daily services between its Singapore hub and Tokyo Haneda airport into travel agent GDSs, the first int’l airline to display its new schedule to the Japanese city.
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Windsor whinging
Friday | Mar 26 2010PROTESTS against the recently approved redevelopment of Melbourne’s iconic Windsor Hotel (TD 19 Mar) are set to be heard in Canberra, with Australian Greens leader Bob Brown vowing to take the matter to Federal Parliament.
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US-EU open skies
Friday | Mar 26 2010THE European Union and the US have announced that the historic 2007 Open Skies agreement which relaxed transatlantic restrictions will now be in place indefinitely.
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‘Extras’ cover surge
Friday | Mar 26 2010TRAVEL Insurance Direct has reported a 36% rise in the number of travellers taking out additional cover in the past 12 months, driven mostly by pax carrying multiple electronic devices.
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Free Europe flights
Friday | Mar 26 2010VOYAGES to Antiquity is offering free flights to Europe for pax booking a Mediterranean cruise between Venice-Istanbul which departs during Jun.
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THAI eyes Capetown
Friday | Mar 26 2010THAI Airways Int’l is keen to extend its soon to launch services between Bangkok-Johannesburg (TD 05 Feb) onto Capetown, to ensure maximum load and profitability, a THAI exec has said.