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Airlines warned against over-capacity |
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Monday, 16 August 2010 |
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The aviation industry is being warned that individual decisions by airlines to pull mothballed aircraft back into service could aggregate into a capacity oversupply.
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Cathay inks Travelport deal |
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Monday, 16 August 2010 |
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Cathay Pacific Airways and travel technology firm Travelport have inked a five-year deal to provide all Galileo, Apollo and Worldspan-connected travel agents with access to the airline's fares and content.
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NBTA ‘green’ entries close |
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Sunday, 15 August 2010 |
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Entries for the inaugural NBTA AUS/NZ Responsible Travel Management Award closed Monday 16 August.
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Queenstown posts double-digit visitor growth |
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Friday, 13 August 2010 |
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A strong start to the New Zealand ski season and a successful Winter Festival have contributed to Queenstown more than doubling the national average guest night growth.
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UBM 'delighted' with RDG buy |
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Friday, 13 August 2010 |
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US-based UBM Aviation has acquired the events and consultancy business of Route Development Group Limited (RDG).
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Air India to sue for late Dreamliner delivery |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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India's National Aviation Co, the state-owned parent of Air India, says it will seek US$840 million compensation from planemaker Boeing for delivery delays to the B787 Dreamliner.
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Qantas turns in A$377m before-tax result |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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Australia's Qantas has reported an underlying profit before tax of A$377 million for the full-year ended 30 June 2010.
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Delta to move terminals at JFK |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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USA carrier Delta Air Lines is expanding its operations at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport with a US$1.2 billion investment plan to upgrade its new international home in Terminal 4.
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Frankfurt sets passenger records |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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Germany's Fraport's Frankfurt Airport saw 5,281,632 passengers in July 2010, exceeding the 5.2 million passenger mark for the first time in a single month and topping the previous July 2007 record by nearly 90,000 passengers.
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First A330-200F delivered to Etihad |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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Etihad Airways this week took delivery of the first of three new A330-200F aircraft.
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Europe's most-punctual airline seeks ceo |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines has been Europe's most punctual airline this summer, with 90.35 per cent of the carrier's flights on time during July.
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Heathrow sees busiest-ever day |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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London, UK's Heathrow Airport had its busiest-ever month in July 2010, handling 6.7 million passengers — 3.5 per cent up on July 2009.
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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Germany's Lufthansa says it carried 5.75 million passengers in July.
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Virgin loyalty programs go global |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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Australia's V Australia/Virgin Blue, UK-based Virgin Atlantic and the USA's Virgin America are linking their frequent flier programs to allow all their passengers to earn and claim benefits.
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Mexicana needs US$100m-plus |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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Mexico's bankrupt Mexicana says it needs between US$100 million and US$150 million to stay in the air.
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United reports early July passenger figures |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
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USA carrier United Airlines' consolidated traffic results for July 2010 show consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased by 2.1 per cent on an increase of 1.8 per cent in available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2009.
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Mexicana "in talks with three investors". |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
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Mexico's Mexicana de Aviacion, the debt-laden Mexican airline under1 bankruptcy protection, now is in talks with three investor groups, its 333unions say. .
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Heathrow to sponsor FIFA 2018 bid |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
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London, UK's Heathrow Airport is to be an official sponsor of Britain's bid to host the 2018 soccer World Cup.
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PAL steels for more industrial action |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
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The Philippines' Philippine Airlines says a disagreement over the compulsory retirement age of its flight attendants has blocked a labour agreement with a flight attendants' union.
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Continental, Brussels Air launch code-share |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
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Star Alliance marketing group partners Continental Airlines and Brussels Airlines have started code-sharing on Continental's trans-Atlantic flights between New York and Brussels, as well as on selected flights operated by each carrier on both sides of the Atlantic.
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