News
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GOL adds 50th city
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010LATIN American carrier GOL Linhas Aereas has added a 50th domestic destination to its route network, with a five times weekly service between Sao Paulo Congonhaus and Bauru.
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Plus Pulse winner
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Anne Paddington of Pulse Travel & Pulse Cruises who was the 2nd weekly winner in the Rail Plus comp which is featuring exclusively in Travel Daily this month.
Anne correctly identified that the train which was pictured last week was from France – the TGV.
Her winning caption was – “Sacre bleu Pierre! That train is really moooooooo-ving.”
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JQ undercuts VA
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010JETSTAR has begun offering sale fares as low as $189 one way to Fiji in a move to gain market share on the Sydney-Nadi route.
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New Austral fares
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010AIR Austral has launched new year-round fares from Sydney to Johannesburg, Madagascar and Seychelles to assist with boosting its Australian passenger numbers, which the carrier’s ceo Gerard Etheve described as “healthy”.
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Beyond $400 credit
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010BEYOND Travel is offering credit of $400 on a range of itineraries in Croatia, Eastern Europe and Russia which can be put towards the cost of sightseeing, extensions, upgrades or other tours, for bookings that are fully paid by 31 Mar.
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ICCA sellout
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010THE International Cruise Council of Australasia will see a full house at its annual awards dinner which takes place in Sydney this Sat.
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Window Seat 19 Jan 10
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010A BRITISH traveller is believed to be the first person ever arrested as the result of internet social networking phenomenon Twitter, after he sent a ‘tweet’ about a bomb threat at a UK airport.
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BA strike vote
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010THE union representing British Airways cabin crew has confirmed it will hold another ballot which could see the carrier hit by a strike sometime in March.
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HOT responds to AFTA
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010HOUSE of Travel has issued a statement responding to the AFTA discussion paper on the future of travel agency regulation and consumer protection, saying that while supporting reform, it believes the AFTA proposal “falls short in some areas”.