News
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Viva dumps bag fee
Friday | Jan 15 2010VIVA Macau Airlines is removing its bag-check fees for economy class pax on flights from and to SYD/MEL, effective 01 Feb, for checked luggage up to 15kgs.
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Wish you were here?
Friday | Jan 15 2010WESTERN Australia’s soon to be revealed catchphrase is “Wish you were here?”, according to reports from the West coast.
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Feb launch for C&K site
Friday | Jan 15 2010COX & Kings is set to launch the Australian version of its Ezeego1 travel website next month, with the domain name already registered and work apparently well underway on what’s being billed as “Australia’s biggest online travel supermarket”.
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Explore Mexico trip
Friday | Jan 15 2010EXPLORE Holidays is offering agents a chance to earn a spot on a Mexican famil at the end of Feb by selling Explore product.
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SQ A380 to Zurich
Friday | Jan 15 2010SINGAPORE Airlines will begin flying daily A380 services between Singapore-Zurich from 28 Mar, replacing its 12 weekly B737- 300ER flights to the Swiss city.
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QF/BA JSA move
Thursday | Jan 14 2010THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has written to a number of organisations including most airlines and travel industry groups in Australia, asking them to comment on a request from Qantas and BA for an interim authorisation of their Joint Services Agreement which expires 01 Mar 2010.
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Fuel levies rising?
Thursday | Jan 14 2010MAJOR airlines in the US are reported to be raising their fuel surcharges on long-haul routes by as much as US$20, as a result of the rising cost of airline fuel.
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Wed’s comp winner
Thursday | Jan 14 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Natania Hollingsworth of FCm Travel Solutions in North Sydney who was the fastest reader to correctly respond to yesterday’s question in the Hahn Air competition that features exclusively in TD.
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UA match bag fee
Thursday | Jan 14 2010UNITED Airlines has lifted its check baggage fee on US flights to bring it into line rivals Delta and Continental Airlines (TD yest.).
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Haitian earthquake
Thursday | Jan 14 2010EARLY indications from a level 7 earthquake which struck Haiti yesterday put the death toll in the hundreds of thousands, according to Haitian prime minister Jean-Max Bellerive.