Friday, 31 May 2013

Cheapest flight from SYDNEY to CAIRNS

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Cheap flight ticket SYDNEY to MALAYSIA

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Low priced ticket SYDNEY to CHRISTCHURCH

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Low cost flight ticket SYDNEY to MELBOURNE

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Australia Travel News - 30 may 2013

Posted: 30 May 2013 03:03 AM PDT
PETALING JAYA, May 30 (Bernama) -- Malindo Air is set to fly to Middle East, north Asia and south Australia in 2015 after taking delivery of three to five Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner passenger jets two years from now. Its chief executive officer, Chandran ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 10:14 PM PDT
The Western Australian government has instructed all staff to fly China Southern Airlines when travelling overseas provided the air fare is comparable to market prices and flights fit within the travel schedule. WA deputy premier, Health and Tourism ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 10:14 PM PDT
Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved Virgin Australia's acquisition of a 60% stake in Tiger Airways Australia, Virgin Australia Holdings (VAH) has announced. VAH confirmed FIRB had "no objections" to the proposed acquisition.
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ATWOnline
Posted: 29 May 2013 10:14 PM PDT
The fares, part of the Etihad Skypass promotion, include two internal flights within Australia provided by Virgin Australia, and can be booked from any of the following German cities – Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin on an Etihad Airways ticket.
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Posted: 29 May 2013 05:19 PM PDT
Mr Bradbury has urged Australians to name and shame companies who they believe are ripping them off and airlines and ticketing agencies are among those tipped to come under the microscope. Qantas said it was already reviewing its surcharging policy in ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 05:19 PM PDT
In an application to the International Air Services Commission, Qantas is seeking a variation of capacity allocations on the Hong Kong route to enable Finnair to code share on Qantas-operated services between Australia and Hong Kong; the plan being to ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 05:19 PM PDT
Here, Orlando poses with British Airways cabin crew members at an exclusive event to launch BA's new products on the Sydney to London route on 29 May 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Fitting... as Miranda is Australian! British actor Orlando Bloom has become ...
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Celebrity Red Carpet
Posted: 29 May 2013 05:19 PM PDT
Internationally-renowned Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom has been the guest star at an exclusive British Airways lunchtime event in Sydney. British Airways delivered a touch of the UK to Australia; with guests enjoying beautiful canapés and sipping Pimms ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 05:19 PM PDT
Two Virgin Australia flights to Sydney, VA811 and VA823, scheduled to leave Melbourne at 7am and 8.30am, were cancelled while others to Sydney and Canberra were delayed. Qantas cancelled flight QF404 scheduled for 6.30am, QF413 at 7.45am and ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 02:56 PM PDT
A Booking and Service fee of $7.70 per person per booking is applicable for all flights within Australia when paid by credit card or debit card. Checked baggage ...
www.virginaustralia.com/au/en/tasmania/
Posted: 29 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT
Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, to the north, can be seen. Beijing is shown in the center. Flight paths to Australia and New Zealand are less densely populated, although Sydney can be seen as the white dot visible at the bottom of the globe.
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Posted: 29 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT
Nicole Backo, British Airways Regional General Manager, South West Pacific said the event was an opportunity to celebrate the next chapter for British Airways in Australia and to thank loyal customers. The British Airways event also served as an ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT
[SINGAPORE] Canberra's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) yesterday approved Virgin Australia's purchase of a 60 per cent stake in low-cost rival Tiger Airways Australia, bringing Virgin another step nearer to closing the deal. Virgin, Australia's ...
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Business Times (subscription)
Posted: 29 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT
"What I can say from the Qantas point of view is that we are eager to provide great aviation services to new towns in Western Australia." The Qantas Group operates 900 domestic and charter flights into and out of WA each week and almost 140 ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 07:25 AM PDT
Arriving in from London this morning, Orlando Bloom joined British Airways VIP customers and Australian celebrities like Gracie Otto, Elka Whalan and Peter Morrissey, to celebrate new service updates on the Sydney-London route with passengers ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 07:25 AM PDT
Brisbane to Sydney flights from Qantas, Virgin Australia and Jetstar accrued a surcharge of 4.3 per cent, 7.9 per cent and 4.2 per cent, respectively. "We urgently need strong enforcement and policing of the surcharging rules, beyond what Visa and ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 07:25 AM PDT
The 10 worst airlines for economy class. Posted by Iuliia on May 28, 2013 in Aviation News • No comments. According to airline reviewer Skytrax and Business Insider Australia, who have ranked the 10 worst airlines in the world for flying cattle-class ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 07:25 AM PDT
One of the Philippines' biggest airlines has cancelled the planned launch of a new Taiwan route because of tensions over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Filipino coastguard. Angry Taiwanese fishermen chant slogans at the Philippine de ...
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Radio Australia
Posted: 29 May 2013 07:25 AM PDT
Australia's Foreign Investment and Review Board (FIRB) yesterday gave apporoved the proposed acquisition of a controlling 60-per cent stake in Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore's Tiger Airways Holdings, by the country's ...
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Thursday, 30 May 2013

Low priced ticket SYDNEY to AUCKLAND

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Cheap flight from SYDNEY to PERTH

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Australia Travel News - 29 May 2013

Posted: 29 May 2013 02:26 AM PDT
Qantas Airways will commence a multi-million dollar effort to gain market share in Western Australia after Virgin Australia's recent acquisition of regional airline Skywest. Qantas will pursue changes in state government regulations to allow it access ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 02:26 AM PDT
The project has cost the airline a total of 20 million Australian dollars and has seen all 15 of the airline's Beoing 767 aircrafts, which operate domestically be refurbished. The new interiors have introduced leather seating into the Business Class ...
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SkyClub News
Posted: 29 May 2013 02:26 AM PDT
Tiger Airways and Virgin Australia have committed to a joint investment of A$62.5-M (US$60.23-M) to fund development in Tiger Australia, and grow the airline's fleet from 11 to up to 35 aircraft by Y 2018. "By partnering with Tiger Airways, we can use ...
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Posted: 29 May 2013 02:26 AM PDT
There was no mention of Bloom's Australian supermodel wife Miranda Kerr - who is an ambassador for rival airline Qantas - as he worked the room posing for photos, or in his very short and sweet speech. "I have flown with British Airways since I was a ...
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Posted: 28 May 2013 09:43 PM PDT
A CHOICE investigation has found that many Australian companies are continuing to ignore Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rules designed to limit credit card surcharge fees. Not surprisingly, taxis and airlines were found to be among the worst offenders.
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Posted: 28 May 2013 09:43 PM PDT
So which airline's coach class is the worst of the worst? Business Insider Australia set out to answer that question, using data compiled by airline reviewer Skytrax on such measures as seat comfort, in-flight entertainment, meals, and in-flight service.
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SmarterTravel.com (blog)
Posted: 28 May 2013 09:43 PM PDT
In the nine years since their launch, the Embraer worldwide fleet of E-Jets has achieved a landmark 10 million flight hours and the completion of seven million flight cycles in May. With more than 1,200 firm orders from airlines worldwide and nearly 1 ...
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Australian Aviation
Posted: 28 May 2013 09:43 PM PDT
China Southern has released a $720 return economy airfare from Australia to China in the latest salvo in the airline battle on the lucrative route. The cheap fare comes as China Southern prepares to launch its superjumbo A380 flights between Sydney and ...
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Brisbane Times
Posted: 28 May 2013 09:43 PM PDT
With Virgin Australia stepping up its focus on flights to mine sites and regional centres, Qantas has moved to solidify its position as the largest provider of flights in the resource-rich state by expanding its facilities at Perth Airport. It will ...
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Posted: 28 May 2013 05:02 PM PDT
Thick fog caused Sydney-bound passengers more delays on Wednesday with hundreds of Melbourne Airport passengers either grounded or having flights cancelled. Two Virgin Australia flights to Sydney, VA811 and VA823, scheduled to leave Melbourne at ...
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Posted: 28 May 2013 04:24 PM PDT
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the airline is increasing the number of flights from Perth for fly in fly out workers, in a move similar to that announced by ...
www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-28/qantas.../4717496
Posted: 28 May 2013 04:24 PM PDT
Tiger Airways Australia, the loss-making local subsidiary of Singapore's Tiger Airways, has a history of poor financial and operational performance.
www.thepost.co.za/australia-approves-airline-tie-up-1.1522786
Posted: 28 May 2013 07:12 AM PDT
... SPECTATOR: Virgin's two minds. Brett Cole 4 hours ago. Industries · Aviation · Markets · ASX. Virgin Australia's plans for discount carrier Tiger Airways is a risky strategy for an airline in the midst of trying to rebrand itself as a full service ...
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Posted: 28 May 2013 07:12 AM PDT
SYDNEY, May 28 -- Virgin Australia has Tuesday gained the all-clear from the Foreign Investment Review Board for its proposed acquisition of 60 percent of shares in Tiger Airways Australia. Virgin is now another step closer to acquiring Tiger Australia ...
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Australia Travel News - 28 May 2013

Posted: 28 May 2013 02:21 AM PDT
I did that on my first trip to Australia in 1958 -- it was also my first visit to Hawaii. Now, although Qantas flies nonstop, Hawaiian features Honolulu stopovers for travelers who use its flights from the mainland to Hawaii to connect with its new ...
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Posted: 28 May 2013 02:21 AM PDT
The deployment of E-Jets is not limited to short-haul routes. Virgin Australia schedules E190s on nonstop flights between Perth and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a leg that is in excess of four hours over water. Air Canada operates its E190s on some ...
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Australian Aviation
Posted: 28 May 2013 02:21 AM PDT
The airline said the FIRB approval satisfied another condition for the move to give it broader access to the budget aviation market and expedite the growth of Tiger Australia. The deal had already been given the green light by the competition watchdog ...
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Posted: 28 May 2013 02:21 AM PDT
Qantas faces competition from Virgin Australia, which recently acquired Perth-based regional and charter airline Skywest, but Mr Joyce said the group continued to have a "big forward-looking agenda'' in WA. Digital Pass $1 for first 28 Days ...
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Posted: 28 May 2013 02:21 AM PDT
Tiger Airways Australia, the loss-making local subsidiary of Singapore's Tiger Airways, has a history of poor financial and operational performance. It was grounded by Australia's air safety regulator for six weeks in 2011 in an unprecedented move over ...
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Independent Online
Posted: 27 May 2013 09:44 PM PDT
MARKETS SPECTATOR: Virgin's two minds. Virgin Australia's plans for discount carrier Tiger Airways is a risky strategy for an airline in the midst of trying to rebrand itself as a full service alternative to Qantas. Politics · Australian Election ...
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Posted: 27 May 2013 09:44 PM PDT
The man who served three years jail in Queensland was being escorted from Australia to Germany on commercial flights that transited through Bangkok. He disappeared in the early hours of May 16 but Thai authorities did not tell the department in ...
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Posted: 27 May 2013 09:44 PM PDT
Mr He notes that when the A380 service starts on October 28, all of China Southern's Australian ports will be serviced by the airline's latest Airbus aircraft – the A380 Superjumbo in Sydney and brand new A330-200/300 airliners to other ports, "all ...
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Australian Business Traveller
Posted: 27 May 2013 09:44 PM PDT
Australia's airline industry has been a battleground for global airlines seeking partnerships in recent months to secure domestic passengers to feed into their global and regional networks. Qantas has established a wide-ranging alliance with Emirates ...
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Posted: 27 May 2013 09:44 PM PDT
Details of the previously flagged expansion into Terminal 3 were announced today by Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, who said intra-West Australian business had grown by 22 per cent this year as the airline secured resources contracts. Qantas ...
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Posted: 27 May 2013 09:44 PM PDT
Australians are likely to keep flying overseas for holidays in record numbers despite a sharp fall in the value of the Australia dollar against the US greenback. That's the view of Australia's largest travel agency, Flight Centre, which is eager to ...
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Posted: 27 May 2013 05:05 PM PDT
Virgin Australia is another step closer to taking control of Tiger Airways Australia. The Foreign Investment Review Board's approved Virgin's proposed purchase of a 60 per cent stake in the airline. The deal's already been given the green light by the ...
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Sky News Australia
Posted: 27 May 2013 07:30 AM PDT
'Our aim is to link Europe, South Asia and Australia through the hub in Guangzhou, and the launch of direct flights between Moscow and Guangzhou will become a part of our strategy', Zhu Liang said. The carrier is Asia's largest airline in terms of both ...
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Low cost flight SYDNEY to BRISBANE

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Cheap Ticket SYDNEY to GOLD COAST

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Cheap ticket SYDNEY to BALI

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Monday, 27 May 2013

Australia Travel News - 27 May 2013

Indonesian low cost carrier Lion Air sees its future in Thailand

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:01 PM PDT

The airline reported to have reached an agreement to acquire 49% of an unnamed Australian company and base six aircraft in Australia - one more aircraft than Tiger Airways' start-up fleet in Australia. A base still needs to be announced. The airline is ...
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TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific

Frequent flyers baulk at the cost of Qantas redemptions

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:01 PM PDT

We learnt last week there was a major disconnect between Qantas and its new partner Emirates in one crucial area: the amount it was charging, compared with the Australian airline, for frequent flyer redemptions, with the result that there is a surge in ...
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Consumers Still Don't Get Security: How Can IT Pros Help?

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:01 PM PDT

A new survey suggests that Australians are more worried about security breaches at their bank than their airline. What this really proves is that consumers don't understand the interconnected nature of personal information and the risks that even ...
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Japan's ANA resumes Dreamliner flights

Posted: 26 May 2013 03:29 AM PDT

Workers check the batteries of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Takamatsu airport in Japan on May 9, 2013. ANA said it put its Dreamliner fleet back into service Sunday following a suspension of about four months due to battery ...
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