News
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EY boost Himalayas
Monday | Dec 7 2009ETIHAD Airways is increasing its frequency on the Abu Dhabi- Kathmandu route, adding three weekly services to boost flights to a daily operation from Jan.
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New Euro US route
Monday | Dec 7 2009US AIRWAYS has announced it will launch a daily direct service between Charlotte and Rome from 13 May, using a two-class Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
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WhiteKnight 2 debut
Monday | Dec 7 2009SIR Richard Branson will today launch Virgin Galactic’s newest spaceship WhiteKnightTwo in the Mojave desert in the USA, with space flights planned for 2011/12.
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Rewards winner
Monday | Dec 7 2009CONGRATS to Sue Strain of AIIU Travel who was the Fri winner in the Travel Corporation’s World Rewards mini-comp that featured exclusively in TD last week.
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SIA transatlantic
Monday | Dec 7 2009SINGAPORE Airlines is set to offer flights from London Heathrow to both New York JFK and Newark, via a codeshare with Virgin Atlantic.
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PAL back to BNE
Monday | Dec 7 2009PHILIPPINE Airlines will relaunch Brisbane services from 16 Mar when it begins a twice weekly tri-city operation on the Manila- Melbourne-Brisbane-Manila route on Thu and Fri’s.
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New Italy address
Monday | Dec 7 2009THE Italian Government Tourist Office has new email contact details because of a head office policy change to unify the email addresses of all overseas offices.
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Qatar launch MEL
Monday | Dec 7 2009QATAR Airways inaugurated services to Australia yesterday when its first commercial service arrived into Melbourne last night.
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Qantas continues to block First
Monday | Dec 7 2009QANTAS is continuing to hold back its First Class cabin offering on select network routes, giving Business Class passengers the chance to trial the product at no charge, as revealed by Travel Daily earlier this year (TD 25 May).
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Burgundy Snails anyone?
Monday | Dec 7 2009THE French Tourist Bureau will host its biannual French Workshop midnext year, with more than 1,500 agents expected to attend.