News
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Uniworld Nile drama
Wednesday | Dec 16 2009UNIWORLD River Cruises has confirmed it will take its brand new River Tosca out of service for seven weeks to correct some of the workmanship on the vessel.
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Flight Centre keeps share
Wednesday | Dec 16 2009FLIGHT Centre has maintained its status as the most popular travel agency for Australians, with 10% of trips booked via FC outlets in the year to 30 Sep – the same proportion as in 2008.
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SQ to Munich
Wednesday | Dec 16 2009SINGAPORE Airlines will launch a new five times weekly flight from Singapore to Manchester via Munich, effective 28 Mar 2010.
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DJ hit by cable fault
Wednesday | Dec 16 2009AROUND 50 Virgin Blue flights were cancelled last night after a damaged Telstra cable caused havoc with the carrier’s boarding processes in Melbourne.
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787 takes off
Wednesday | Dec 16 2009THE long-awaited first flight of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner took off this morning at the manufacturer’s Everett facility in the US.
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Aviation blueprint launch
Wednesday | Dec 16 2009INFRASTRUCTURE minister Anthony Albanese today released the government’s Aviation White Paper, which for the first time brings together “all aspects of aviation policy into a single, forward-looking statement”.
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QHols grand slam winner
Tuesday | Dec 15 2009QANTAS Holidays has awarded the winner of its recent Australian Open incentive to Peter Shepherd from Jetset Coffs Harbour, NSW.
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Sixth A380 for EK
Tuesday | Dec 15 2009EMIRATES has taken delivery of its 6th Airbus A380 doubledecker aircraft which has commenced services to Seoul Incheon Airport, exclusively revealed by Travel Daily (TD 30 Dec 2008).
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easyJet expansion
Tuesday | Dec 15 2009BRITISH no-frills carrier easyJet has announced its next major stage of expansion across Europe which will see 36 new routes and a new base in Doncaster.
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Japan/Mexico deal
Tuesday | Dec 15 2009JAPAN and Mexico have agreed on a new bilateral arrangement which removes restrictions on flights between the two countries.