News
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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.
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Greyhound growth
Friday | Sep 3 2010GREYHOUND Australia has announced a new agreement with Australia Wide Coaches which will allow customers to now book travel between Sydney and the NSW regional city of Orange on Australia Wide’s daily services via Katoomba and Bathurst.
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LH Singapore boost
Friday | Sep 3 2010LUFTHANSA will increase its flights between Singapore and Munich to a daily operation from 27 Mar 2011, according to GDS.
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Arrivals stay stable
Friday | Sep 3 2010THE trend estimate for short term visitor arrivals into Australia during Jul was static, after marginal decreases in May and
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Value appointment
Friday | Sep 3 2010VALUE Tours has promoted Elizabeth Laugher to the role of Marketing Manager, moving from her previous position as online marketing executive for the ski and snow holiday wholesaler.
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ANZCRO top for Tranz Scenic
Friday | Sep 3 2010New Zealand specialist wholesaler ANZCRO was this week named the number one Australian wholesaler/operator for NZ’s Tranz Scenic Train network for 2009/10 (see here).
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Explorer fare update
Friday | Sep 3 2010THE oneworld alliance has announced changes to its Global Explorer fares, with additions including fares ex Georgia and the economy booking class for Air Pacific changed from L to M class.
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Window Seat 03 Sep 10
Friday | Sep 3 2010DIVERS investigating a 200-year-old shipwreck in the Baltic Sea have discovered what they say is the world’s oldest drinkable beer.