New Zealand's Air New Zealand has said Auckland International Airport's (AIAL) buy-in at Queenstown Airport should be overturned and airlines should be allowed to invest in the airport.

USA carrier Continental Airlines is back in the black in Q2 with a 19 per cent revenue rise.

Sydney Airport, Australia has been named the second most efficient in the region after Hong Kong, for airports handling more than 15 million passengers per year.

InterContinental Sydney has appointed Ken Penney conference services and catering manager.

In an attempt to use local business networks to boost MICE bookings, the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, Bahamas, has launched a program called “Creating Connections”.

The US Travel Association says the Obama Administration's efforts to arbitrarily curb business travel by government employees in order to protect the environment is "short-sighted and counterproductive".

The US Travel Association says the Obama Administration's efforts to arbitrarily curb business travel by government employees in order to protect the environment is "short-sighted and counterproductive".

USA carrier Delta Air Lines - now including the merged Northwest carrier's figures - has posted its best quarter in more than decade at US$547 million.

Global Entry, The USA Customs' 'trusted traveller' program, is to be expanded.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), which owns and operates all five airports in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has inked a deal with aviation IT specialist SITA to turn all its airports into high-tech centres for passenger processing.

The Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), a major Dubai region venue operator and events organiser, says it has won bids to host eight new congresses in 2011 and 2012. They were not named.

Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei and Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Tainan - both Taiwan - are undergoing MICE-focused upgrades.

The parent of US carrier United Airlines, UAL Corp, says it earned US$273 million in Q2, its best result in almost three years - and quarterly revenue rose 28.4 per cent to US$5.16 billion.

South Korea's Korean Air Lines says it intends to get 50 per cent of passenger sales from premium classes by 2019.

Canada's Air Canada is to grow capacity more aggressively than previously expected - by between six and 7.5 per cent  - and also has disclosed a plan to refinance its debt.

UK carrier British Airways and the USA's American Airlines have finally been given regulatory clearance to run their businesses jointly on transatlantic routes.

Hotel group Carlson has completed the acquisition of the majority interest in RHW Hotel Management Services Ltd (RHW).

Airlines' financial performance is at pre-crisis levels and expectations of future profitability are rising, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says.

Passenger traffic through Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa airports in Queensland, Australia grew almost 10 per cent in the financial year ended June 30 2010.