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DoJ queries ITA purchase

: BTN News; Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Google's proposed US$700 million buy of flight data firm ITA Software is undergoing secondary scrutiny from the US Department of Justice.

Duo link for passenger safety service

: BTN News; Wednesday, 01 September 2010

A new "strategic traveller safety partnership" between travel technology firm ConTgo and Australian emergency management group Dynamiq is aimed at providing "proactive traveller safety management services" to TMCs in Australia and New Zealand.

Better July for Qantas

: BTN News; Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Australia's Qantas has released its July traffic statistics, with group passenger numbers up 9.1 per cent year on year.

Budget airport delay for KL

: BTN News; Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Malaysia's airport operator says its planned Kuala Lumpur air terminal for budget airlines will be delayed until mid-2012.

25 properties join Choice

: MICE News; Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Australia’s largest mid-market hotel franchisor, Choice Hotels Australasia (CHA), says its direct measurable business grew solidly in the year ending June 2010.

Alliance to target business travel

: BTN News; Tuesday, 31 August 2010

The American-British Airlines-Iberia alliance will target business travellers, executives say.

Laser louts threatening Scottish flights

: BTN News; Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Scottish airline pilots and passengers are facing an upsurge in laser attacks, with people on the ground shining lasers at landing aircraft and police helicopters.

Tune opens first UK hotel

: BTN News; Monday, 30 August 2010

Tune Hotels has opened its first London, UK property at Westminster Bridge Road, close to Waterloo Station and South Bank.

Skywest seeks Broome-Singapore rights

: BTN News; Monday, 30 August 2010

The Singapore-based parent of Australia's Skywest Airlines says it expects to post a S$7.46 million net profit after tax for the 2010 financial year.

Air NZ reports profit surge

: BTN News; Monday, 30 August 2010

Air New Zealand says its annual profit jumped almost 400 per cent thanks partly to smaller losses on fuel hedging contracts and cost cutting.

Better six months for Iberia

: BTN News; Monday, 30 August 2010

Spain's Iberia has posted a narrower than expected first-half operating loss of EUR72 million in the six months to end-June. Yield rose 7.8 per cent in the six month period.

Two Asiana executives on cartel charges

: BTN News; Monday, 30 August 2010

Two former Asiana Airlines executives have been indicted in the USA for a price-fixing scheme involving airfares for travel between the United States and South Korea.

Dreamliner delayed again

: BTN News; Monday, 30 August 2010

The first of Boeing's long-awaited B787 "Dreamliner" aircraft will not be delivered until early next year because of problems with availability of a Rolls Royce engine. A fan blade allegedly broke in engine testing.