News
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787 flights OK
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010BOEING has confirmed that its two 787 Dreamliner test aircraft have successfully completed the first phase of airworthiness testing, after operating 15 flights and taking the aircraft to an altitude of 30,000 feet and a speed of Mach 0.65.
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Japan tourist push
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010AUTHORITIES in Japan have launched the Winter campaign of the Visit Japan Year 2010, with a target of attracting 10 million overseas tourists this year.
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Coco Palm comp
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010TRAVEL agents and their clients have a chance to win an amazing holiday to the Maldives, every year for the rest of their life, in a new competition being promoted by Coco Palm Maldives as it launches its new website.
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Yasawa resort fire
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010FIJI’S Yasawa Island Resort & Spa has been forced to close until late this year following a fire which damaged the resort’s main complex on Christmas Eve.
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Carnival donation
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010CARNIVAL Corporation & plc along with affiliated cruise brands have pledged to donate over US$5 million for the relief efforts taking place in Haiti, following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck last Tue (TD Thu).
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EK A380 to Pudong
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010EMIRATES is planning to operate A380 services between Dubai and Shanghai Pudong from 01 Jan 2010, but the route is dependent on the delivery schedule of superjumbos.
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GOL adds 50th city
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010LATIN American carrier GOL Linhas Aereas has added a 50th domestic destination to its route network, with a five times weekly service between Sao Paulo Congonhaus and Bauru.
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Plus Pulse winner
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010CONGRATULATIONS to Anne Paddington of Pulse Travel & Pulse Cruises who was the 2nd weekly winner in the Rail Plus comp which is featuring exclusively in Travel Daily this month.
Anne correctly identified that the train which was pictured last week was from France – the TGV.
Her winning caption was – “Sacre bleu Pierre! That train is really moooooooo-ving.”
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JQ undercuts VA
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010JETSTAR has begun offering sale fares as low as $189 one way to Fiji in a move to gain market share on the Sydney-Nadi route.
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New Austral fares
Tuesday | Jan 19 2010AIR Austral has launched new year-round fares from Sydney to Johannesburg, Madagascar and Seychelles to assist with boosting its Australian passenger numbers, which the carrier’s ceo Gerard Etheve described as “healthy”.