News
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Qantas ROE update
Friday | Sep 3 2010QANTAS has revised its Rate of Exchange, effective 01 Sep 2010, to 1.092542.
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Sweet bmi giveaway
Friday | Sep 3 2010BMI is giving away four places for travel agents at each of two upcoming update events at the Lindt Cafe.
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UAE inbound stats
Friday | Sep 3 2010ONLY 6.1% of a total 728,000 passengers heading to Australia from the UAE in 2009 actually ended their journey here, ranking Australia as the 6th most popular int’l destination for UAE travellers.
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Delta’s new interior
Friday | Sep 3 2010DELTA Air Lines has unveiled plans for its fleet of 16 Boeing 747-400 aircraft, which will see a revitalisation of their interiors.
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Behind the scenes
Friday | Sep 3 2010TODAY Travel Daily TV features a ‘behind the scenes’ video of the filming of the Talking Travel segment highlighting the new TV campaign promoting Tempo Hols’ Egypt program. See traveldaily.com.au for the video.
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Polar Air cargo fine
Friday | Sep 3 2010POLAR Air Cargo LCC has agreed to pay the US Dept of Justice a US$17.4m fine for its involvement in an air cargo cartel that fixed fuel surcharges on commercial services to Australia, between Jan 2000 and Apr 2003.
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QR still keen on SYD
Friday | Sep 3 2010QATAR Airways is still hopeful of launching direct Doha-Sydney services this year, according to the joint Virgin Blue/Etihad Airways submission to the ACCC lodged this week.
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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.