1. Australian arrivals hit 47pc for Fiji
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...estination in this marketplace is having in combination with the huge efforts we are seeing from our local airline, wholesale and retail partners, which continue to keep Fiji very much in the spotligh...

2. IATA on NBTA program
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...a forum on the workings of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the latest trends in the airline industry. Guest speaker is Ian Lorigan, IATA  manager Australia, New Zealand a...

3. JAL to lay off 16,000 staff?
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Struggling Japan Airlines is tipped to lay off 16,000 staff as part of a turnaround plan, also involving route closures and financial assistance in the form of debt waivers. Japan's flagship carrier

4. Ryanair to cut Belfast flights
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Low-cost Irish airline Ryanair is to exit George Best Belfast City Airport, Northern Ireland from 31 October 2010. At the same time, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has criticised politicians'failure to

5. IASC to look again at South Africa code share
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...nally had said it saw V Australia competition as important before granting permission for the two national airlines to partner. However, V Australia is now going to withdraw from the route as pa...

6. Singapore Air to promote WA
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Singapore Airlines and Australia's WA state government have inked a three-year deal to promote the Australian destination in Singapore, Germany and China.

7. Delta applies for transatlantic routes
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...i. The slots were part of the 'sacrifice' demanded by regulators to allow British Airways and American Airlines to operate a joint business across the Atlantic. Delta wants to run twice-dai...

8. Talks at BA drag on
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...trade union says it wants to meet local carrier British Airways for further peace talks next week, but the airline's refusal to fully reinstate travel perks stripped from thousands of cabin crew who j...

9. DoJ queries ITA purchase
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...econd request" for data from the DoJ. Google has long said it agreed to buy ITA, which provides airline search data including flights times, availability and prices, because it wants to exp...

10. Budget airport delay for KL
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Malaysia's airport operator says its planned Kuala Lumpur air terminal for budget airlines will be delayed until mid-2012. The airport has been delayed by slow progress on building the runway and d

11. Alliance to target business travel
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The American-British Airlines-Iberia alliance will target business travellers, executives say. Kurt Stache, American's vice president of international, said: "Most of the corporations that hav

12. Laser louts threatening Scottish flights
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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. Incidents involving laser pointer

13. Tune opens first UK hotel
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... room rates around GBP35 and from GBP9 on promotion. The business model is based on the low-cost airline structure, with low-cost rooms focused on offering high-quality basics - excellent be...

14. Skywest seeks Broome-Singapore rights
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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. Unaudited results showed revenue of S$178 milli

15. Two Asiana executives on cartel charges
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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. The pair were charged with &qu

16. JAL to try budget business?
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Crisis-hit Japanese carrier Japan Airlines may launch a separate low-cost carrier. The Budget airline idea will be included in a corporate turnaround plan to be submitted to the Tokyo District Court,

17. Henan Air told to change name
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...Chinese crash which killed 42 people and injured 54 has been told to change its name from Henan to Kunpeng Airlines because it's bringing China's Henan region into disrepute. ...

18. United, Continental merger given green light
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USA carriers United Airlines and Continental Airlines have been given the okay to proceed with their merger. They now need only shareholder approval for their US$3 billion all-stock merger to proce

19. Aer Arann gets government protection
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Irish airline Aer Arann has gone into interim examinership - a uniquely Irish form of government guarantee that helps companies avoid closure if they can prove that despite financial problems, the bus

20. Mexicana closed
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Mexico's debt-laden airline Compania Mexicana de Aviacion - Mexicana - and its budget airlines click and Link have closed. The announcement came after Tenedora K, a private equity firm that had acq

21. Tibet Air targets Europe
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Tibet's Tibet Airlines, due to launch domestic flights next year, also says it wants to introduce European services to attract tourists by 2016 and plans to expand its fleet to 50 aircraft by 2020.

22. El Al considers its own airline alliance
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After its own security requirements allegedly blocked earlier attempts to join global airline alliances, travelweekly.com says El Al Israel Airlines is going to initiate a marketing group of its own c

23. V Australia exits Johannesburg, Phuket
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...quo;The first A330-200s will operate services between Perth and the east coast of Australia, extending the airline’s appeal to business travellers,” said Borghetti. From February ...

24. Virgin details Etihad partnership
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...in Blue’s international arm, V Australia, to launch direct services to Abu Dhabi in 2011 and the two airlines to offer a joint network of more than 100 destinations from 01 October 2010. Toge...

25. Hong Kong quick to ban Philippines trips
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...el ban for its citizens and cancelled travel insurance to the country. Soon thereafter, Manila hotels and airlines began reporting cancellations from Hong Kong individuals and groups. ...

26. Airline banned night landings at crash airport
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China's China Southern Airlines, the country's largest passenger carrier, said night-time landings at a new airport in north-eastern China were unsafe a year before a Henan Airlines' Embraer jet crash

27. Plane crash kills 43
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Some 43 people are believed to have died in a plane crash in China when a Henan Airlines flight broke apart at the airport at the north-eastern city of Yichun. Another 53 people on board were hospi

28. International airline consolidation needed - IATA
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...IATA) chief Giovanni Bisignani has reiterated the Association's belief that international consolidation of airlines is essential for the industry to move forward. Regional consolidation - in the Un...

29. Nigerian airlines okayed for own-plane US flights
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Nigerian airlines can now fly their own planes to the United States. Previously they were only allowed to wet lease planes from accredited countries' airlines. Nigeria is now one of six African nat

30. Singapore adds European jet service
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Singapore Airlines is to offer private jet transfers in Europe. A partnership with Lufthansa's Private Jet services means passengers flying to one of Singapore Airlines' 14 European destinations w