News
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KQ keen on QF pact
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010KENYA Airways is in discussions for a potential codeshare pact with Qantas and other airlines incl China Southern, according to KQ’s chief exec. officer Titus Naikuni.
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New German air tax
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010GERMANY is looking to impose a new environmental air tax on pax flying out of any of the country’s airports, in a bid to raise around $1 billion Euro each year.
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AF A380 to Tokyo
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010AIR France has announced that its third Airbus A380 superjumbo destination will be Tokyo, with non-stop services from Paris to debut on 01 Sep this year.
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Manchester-Uluru
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010QANTAS and Etihad have this week commenced a new codeshare arrangement which creates connecting flights from Manchester in the UK to Alice Springs and Uluru via Sydney.
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Jetstar long-haul ex SIN
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010THE first destinations to be served from Jetstar’s planned long-haul A330 base in Singapore will be Melbourne and Auckland (TD breaking news), with the carrier set to debut daily direct Melbourne flights on 16 Dec.
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Travelscene Jets into NZ
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010TRAVELSCENE Holidays and Air New Zealand were the hosts of South Australian Travelscene members on a recent ‘Stay Connected’ educational to New Zealand’s North Island. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4686243009/
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RCC cruise retail launch
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010CRUISE1ST, one of the UK’s biggest online cruise sellers, will launch in the Australian market next month (TD breaking news) and is claiming to be “the only cruise focused holiday website in Australia that enables customers to package and complete the full booking process in a single, easy transaction”.
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Register for World Cup tipping
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010AS foreshadowed earlier this week, Travel Daily is running a special tipping competition for the Australian travel industry wanting to make the most of the FIFA World Cup which kicks off in South Africa this Fri.
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Crown Spice Temple
Wednesday | Jun 9 2010MELBOURNE’S Crown will open a second Neil Perry restaurant alongside the existing Rockpool Bar & Grill at Crown Towers in Oct, called Spice Temple and based on Perry’s existing Sydney restaurant of the same name.