Virgin passengers will now be given the opportunity to earn frequent flyer rewards when they fly with any of the four Virgin airlines, regardless of which airline’s frequent flyer programme they are a member of. Speaking at the National Business Travel Association International Convention and Exposition, Sir Richard Branson said ...
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In order to tap into increased demand from countries such as Indonesia, Taiwan, China and Australia; Malaysia Airlines has announced that it will be developing an eastern hub in Kota Kinabalu. According to the airline the programme will be developed in three stages starting on 15 November this year.
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Airline industry experts are warning that because of fierce competition between airlines, and a drop off in demand from the leisure traveller, Virgin Blue and Jetstar could see their earnings hit significantly over the rest of this year. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the number of passengers taking ...
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Cathay Pacific has announced that, as of this November, it will be increasing the number of services it flies to Sydney, Cairns, Brisbane and Perth. The move to add flights to its Australian operations follows better than forecast results for the first half of the year. Cathay announced a massive ...
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An investigation is underway by American Airlines after seven puppies being transported in the cargo hold of a domestic jet have died. The flight, form Tulsa to Chicago, was due to take off at 6.30am but storms in Chicago meant that the aircraft’s departure time was pushed back by an ...
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Jetstar, the budget arm of Qantas Airways, is asking the government to consider relaxing the immigration rules on flights between Australia and New Zealand. Last year, Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key, agreed with Kevin Rudd, the then Australian Prime Minister, that travel between the two countries should be ...
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An Italian national is being held in custody by police after he stole some Virgin Airlines overalls and went on a joyride around the tarmac of Melbourne Airport in a motorised vehicle. The incident took place on 24 July and 31-year-old Croce Scarpello is now awaiting a psychologist’s report.
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A study by an online airline booking agency has revealed that there is growing support for the implementation of some kind of fat-tax on overweight flyers. Travel.com.au asked 800 users to give their opinion and 70 per cent replied saying that they felt overweight passengers should be made to purchase ...
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Qantas boss, Alan Joyce has ruled out any imminent tie-ups between the Australian flag carrier and a major Asian airline. He said that currently, regulations in Asia, as well as the number of state-run companies, made a viable merger unlikely.
Talking about the recent mergers in Europe and the US, such ...
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Since arriving on the Australian airline scene in 2007, Tiger Airways has helped to push the price of budget airfares down by a third, according to government statistics. The Singapore Airlines subsidiary now plans to impact the country’s corporate market by offering business travellers no frills air travel at low ...
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