News
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GE-powered 787 1st
Friday | Jun 18 2010BOEING completed its first 787 Dreamliner flight powered by General Electric engines this week, with one of the pilots flying the aircraft saying it handled “smooth, per plan and excellent.”
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Window Seat 18 Jun 10
Friday | Jun 18 2010US carrier Southwest Airlines has intercepted a grisly shipment of about 60 human heads.
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Tassie tourism wins
Friday | Jun 18 2010YESTERDAY’S Tasmanian state budget has allocated an extra $20 million over four years for the promotion of tourism both interstate and overseas.
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UA/CO hearing
Friday | Jun 18 2010THE US Congress has this week been conducting a hearing into the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental, aiming to explore “potential effects for consumers and the industry”.
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ADS operators suspended
Friday | Jun 18 2010FEDERAL tourism minister Martin Ferguson has suspended two NSW inbound tourism operators from the China Approved…
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Silversea incentive
Friday | Jun 18 2010SILVERSEA Cruises today announced a new ‘Sell to Sail’ incentive program, which gives agents the opportunity to earn their own free cruise when they make three new bookings on any upcoming 2010 voyages.
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Frier set for Sabre
Friday | Jun 18 2010FORMER head of NRMA’s Tourism Leisure Holdings, Carl Frier, has taken a position with Sabre Pacific, where he will have overall responsibility for retail sales in Australia and New Zealand.
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Agents Travel2 San Fran.
Friday | Jun 18 2010Travel2 and Air New Zealand recently took top sellers from Victoria and Tasmania on a famil to San Francisco.
Highlights of the trip included a night at the Museum, a Sonoma Napa Valley Wine tour and a cruise to Alcatraz. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveldailyau/4713394861/ -
Amex mobile offer
Friday | Jun 18 2010AMERICAN Express Business Travel today unveiled a new mobile travel solution to provide travellers with “unparalleled support while they’re on the road,” in partnership with technology firm ConTgo.
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Air NZ yields slide
Friday | Jun 18 2010AIR New Zealand carried 883,000 passengers during May, an increase of 3.9% – but the carrier’s year to date yields are down 7.9% according to figures released to the ASX today.
