News
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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.
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Alliance duration
Friday | Sep 3 2010THE Alliance between Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways will be for “no earlier than five years”, consistent with the period granted for the Qantas/British Airways Joint Services Agreement and the V Australia/Delta Air Lines joint venture.
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Metal neutrality
Friday | Sep 3 2010VIRGIN Blue and Etihad say they need to jointly set schedules and fares “in order to achieve metal neutrality”.
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Alliance to compete with Qantas
Friday | Sep 3 2010THE proposed joint venture between Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways, combined with planned alliances with Delta Air Lines and Air New Zealand, will mean Virgin can “genuinely compete with Qantas’ international network”, the Australian carrier says.