News
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New UA chief
Tuesday | May 12 2020BRETT Hart has been named as President of United Airlines, as part of a succession plan which sees CEO Oscar Munoz transition to Executive Chair, and current UA President Scott Kirby becoming CEO after the company’s annual general meeting next week.
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Rex trading halted
Tuesday | May 12 2020SHARES in Regional Express were this morning placed into a trading halt, with the company requesting the suspension “in relation to a news article published today”.
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Air NZ adds more
Tuesday | May 12 2020AIR New Zealand will resume seven more domestic routes when the country enters alert level two, on top of the routes flagged on Fri (TD yesterday).
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Segment rebates set to bite agents
Tuesday | May 12 2020THE global travel industry shutdown is expected to have further impacts on travel agents, with GDS providers understood to be already clawing back prepaid segment rebates due to agencies transacting less than predicted under their GDS agreements.
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ACA – once bitten?
Tuesday | May 12 2020CHANNEL Nine’s A Current Affair (ACA) appears to have had a change of heart after its relentless bashing of the Australian travel industry, last night putting out a call on Facebook for travel agents to put their side of the story.
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Hurtigruten plan
Tuesday | May 12 2020HURTIGURTEN has extended the temporary pause in its global cruise operations through until the middle of next month, but has announced a restart plan which will see it phase in voyages gradually from 16 Jun.
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Emirates donations
Tuesday | May 12 2020THE Emirates Airlines Foundation has used 132 million donated Skywards Miles in efforts to positively impact the lives of more than 90,000 people in the 12 months between 01 Apr 2019-31 Mar 2020.
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Face masks ordered
Tuesday | May 12 2020FACE masks are now compulsory on all Singapore-based airlines, including Jetstar Asia, Singapore Airlines, Silkair and Scoot effective immediately, under new Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore rules, with all inbound pax also required to submit health declarations at check-in.
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P&O Ferries layoffs
Tuesday | May 12 2020Cross-channel operator P&O Ferries is set to make 1,100 staff redundant, as part of a plan to make the Dover-based business “workable and durable”.
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Branson heading down to earth
Tuesday | May 12 2020VIRGIN Group founder Richard Branson is set to sell part of his stake in space tourism venture Virgin Galactic to help other parts of his empire survive COVID-19.