Published on December 17, 2010 by Technology Slice
Virgin Blue/Etihad Given Draft Approval – Virgin Blue looks likely to be given approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on a code sharing agreement with Middle East airline Etihad, with draft approval given by ACCC the same day the competition regulator approved Virgin Blue’s alliance with Air New Zealand. Virgin Blue EtihadVirgin Blue [...]
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Accc Chairman, Air New Zealand, Airlines, Australia, Australian Competition, Australian Consumers, Blue Virgin, Connecting Flights, Detriment, Draft Approval, Flyers, Graeme Samuel, Middle East Airline, virgin blue
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Published on December 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
Tourists Return to Gold Coast – New figures show Queensland’s Gold Coast attracted more than 10 million tourists in the 12 months to September this year. Gold Coast Tourism chief executive officer Martin Winter says it is the first time the city has reached the 10 million mark in a 12-month period since 2008. Mr [...]
Tags: 10 Million, 12 Months, Airlines, Chief Executive Officer, china, Fish, Fishing, Gold Coast Tourism, Great Britain, Japan, Marketing Decisions, Martin Winter, Mr Winter, Partnership, Point Of View, Queensland, Tactical Marketing, Tourists Return, Wholesalers
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Published on December 2, 2010 by Technology Slice
A380 Engine Fault Found – The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the fault was found in a metal tube that feeds oil to a high-pressure bearing assembly. Investigators found that misaligned machining of the oil tube caused weakening of a section which could lead to fatigue cracking, oil leakage and the risk of a mid-flight [...]
Tags: airline, Airlines, Atsb, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Disaster, Fatigue, Investigators, Machining, Metal Tube, Mid Flight, Oil Fire, Oil Leakage, Qantas A380, risk, Rolls Royce, Rolls Royce Trent 900, Safety Regulators, Spokesman, Transport Safety Bureau
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Published on May 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
Australia To London For $378 – Some aviation analysts’s predictions that air fares would rise this year as airlines seek to recover losses incurred during the global financial crisis, along with service interruptions from incidents such as Iceland’s volcanic eruption, appear to be wrong. AirAsia is the latest carrier to offer one-way fares from Australia [...]
Tags: Airasia, airline, Airlines, aviation, Caveat, Domestic Air Fares, Expanding Services, Flights, Global Financial Crisis, indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Losses, Pacific Islands, Profit Announcement, Service Interruptions, Spokesman, Tens Of Thousands, tiger, Tiger Airways, Volcanic Eruption
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Published on April 18, 2010 by Technology Slice
Aussie Flight Bans – Airlines warn that Europe-bound flights from Australia could be delayed up to a week by the vast cloud of volcanic ash blanketing most of the continent. Qantas says passengers should prepare for significant disruption with the volcanic eruption in Iceland grounding flights across Europe in the biggest air travel shutdown since [...]
Tags: Air Travel, airline, Airlines, Asian Destinations, Bangkok, Britain And Europe, Cancellation, Continent, David Epstein, Disruption, Disruptions, Flights From Australia, Hong Kong, Outbound Services, Singapore, Spokesman, Volcanic Ash, Volcanic Eruption In Iceland, World War Ii
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