News
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Spirit scammers slammed
Friday | Sep 23 2022THREE former employees at US low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines have been charged with defrauding the carrier in an alleged scheme involving the waiving of change fees.
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Collette, PHT Ireland pact
Friday | Sep 23 2022PHIL Hoffmann Travel (PHT) launched an “elevated partnership” with Collette Tours earlier this week, celebrating the agreement with special guest Christian Leibl-Cote, Collette’s Executive VP of Global Business who is visiting Australia from Rhode Island, USA.
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Rex offers SME benefits
Friday | Sep 23 2022FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) SME travel division, Corporate Traveller, has partnered with Rex Airlines to offer SMEs exclusive access to special business travel fares and new corporate offers.
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Apollo gets one tick
Friday | Sep 23 2022APOLLO Tourism & Leisure has received clearance from the New Zealand Commerce Commission for its merger with Tourism Holdings Limited (THL), following an update this morning advising it will formally sell off select assets to a wholly owned subsidiary of Jucy Group for NZ$45 million, first proposed back in Jul (TD 01 Jul).
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Disneyland in Oz?
Friday | Sep 23 2022A PROMINENT Aussie businessman is calling for government and private partners to join him in pitching a bid to build a Disneyland in Australia.
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Japan desire strong
Friday | Sep 23 2022NEW research from Skyscanner has found that more than a third of Australians (38%) are likely to travel to Japan in the next six months, with the food, skiing and cherry blossoms all ranking as strong incentives to visit.
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Veggie backflip
Friday | Sep 23 2022IN THE coming weeks, Qantas has confirmed it will carry vegetarian meals on all domestic flights under 3.5 hours in response to a flurry of customer complaints in recent weeks.
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Passport applications surge for holidays
Friday | Sep 23 2022THE Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed Australia is experiencing “unprecedented demand” for passports ahead of the busy summer holiday period, with Aussies being urged to renew or apply for a new passport as soon as possible to avoid delayed travel plans.
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Flydubai SKD, NMA
Friday | Sep 23 2022FLYDUBAI is ramping up capacity between Dubai and Uzbekistan, with the launch this week of flights to Samarkand and Namangan.
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Walsh re-elected
Friday | Sep 23 2022THERESE Walsh has been overwhelmingly re-elected to continue on as Air New Zealand’s Independent Chair.