News
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UA adds 777-300ER
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016UNITED Airlines has scheduled its first Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to enter service from Feb, flying the transcontinental route from San Francisco to Newark.
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More cherry blossoms
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016WENDY Wu Tours has released additional departure dates on its popular Cherry Blossom itinerary in Japan for 2017.
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Norfolk emerging
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016NORFOLK Island has been named by Skyscanner as Australia’s emerging destination, with 16% more searches for the location being made within Australia on the travel search engine in the past three years.
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California training
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016AUSTRALIAN agents can win a share of more than $12,000 in prizes by signing up to Visit California’s new online training program, California STAR.
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CX Gatwick increase
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016CATHAY Pacific will boost its Hong Kong to London Gatwick services from four weekly to daily from Jun, utilising Airbus A350-900s aircraft.
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PIA grounds ATRs
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016PAKISTAN International Airlines has grounded its fleet of 10 ATR aircraft following last week’s crash in which 47 people were killed.
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Trav Choice new role
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016TRAVELLERS Choice has appointed former Flight Centre state manager for WA Justin Michael to its newly created role of gm finance and administration.
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Jetstar PPP boost
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016JETSTAR will bolster capacity from Sydney to the Whitsunday Coast (Proserpine) by introducing new thrice weekly services from Sydney to the Queensland gateway, effective 04 Apr.
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Qantas to fly world’s longest 787 route
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016THANKS to the dozens of loyal TD readers who highlighted that Qantas’ flagged Boeing 787-9 Perth-London service will actually be the third longest flight in the world, not the longest (TD yest), despite some mainstream media sources reporting it this way.
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CASA phone warning
Tuesday | Dec 13 2016THE Civil Aviation Safety Authority is using the Christmas holiday period to warn travellers about the “dangers of crushing their smart phone while flying”.