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TD winner meets Minnie
Friday | Sep 3 2010JUST as this year’s Travel Daily footy tipping competitions draw to a close, last year’s NRL tipping winner sent in this photo which shows him enjoying his Disneyland prize.
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AUS vital to Etihad
Friday | Sep 3 2010ETIHAD Airways will look to use the proposed Alliance with Virgin Blue to improve its brand presence and services in and out of Australia, a destination that accounts for over 10% of EY’s available seat kilometres.
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VA/DL decision?
Friday | Sep 3 2010VIRGIN Blue’s desire to have the ACCC grant ‘interim authorisation’ for its Alliance with Etihad by 10 Sep could be an early sign that Virgin is expecting a green light from US authorities on its tie-up with Delta Air Lines.
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DJ/EY pact to stimulate tourism
Friday | Sep 3 2010THE Australian tourism industry as well as potential and existing Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways passengers will directly benefit from the proposed Alliance, the carriers say in their submission to the ACCC.
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JQ’s reaction
Friday | Sep 3 2010THE mooted Etihad-V Australia flights to Singapore would see a second low cost Australian carrier operating to the Asian hub, alongside Jetstar, which plans its own long-haul Singapore services from 16 Dec.
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EY SYD time change
Friday | Sep 3 2010ETIHAD Airways is likely to re-time a portion of its existing 11 weekly Sydney-Abu Dhabi services should the DJ/EY Alliance gain approval, Virgin says.
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Poly Blue/EY tie up
Friday | Sep 3 2010THE Virgin Blue/Etihad Airways Alliance will extend beyond DJ’s domestic, V Australia’s int’l and Pacific Blue Tasman and Pacific operations, to include a code share agreement between the Polynesian Blue subsidiary, sometime in the future.
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Etihad dissatisfied with Qantas pact
Friday | Sep 3 2010ETIHAD Airways believes Virgin Blue will be “a better strategic partner going forward”, compared to its previous code share agreement with Qantas.
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New VA destinations
Friday | Sep 3 2010AS PART of Virgin Blue’s planned pact with Etihad, the DJ network of global destinations will increase by over 20 cities through code share services, effective 01 Oct.
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JNB/HKT losses
Friday | Sep 3 2010VIRGIN Blue says “urgency” on an interim authorisation for its Alliance with Etihad Airways (page one) is also necessary so it can avoid loosing more money on its other “loss making” Africa and Thailand routes.