1. Qantas loses commissions fight
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...ecember 2006 class action by travel agents against Qantas, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines.   Slater and Gordon lawyer Ste...

2. Goh replaces Chew at Singapore Airlines
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Singapore's Singapore Airlines has named Goh Choon Phong as chief executive officer, replacing Chew Choon Seng, who retires at the end of the year. Goh, 47, will take charge on January 1. Goh c

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. IASC to look again at South Africa code share
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...inally 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 p...

5. 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.

6. Delta applies for transatlantic routes
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...mi. 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-da...

7. 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

8. 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

9. Tune opens first UK hotel
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...– with guests paying extra only for the facilities and services they use.  Like budget airlines, guests are encouraged to book early online to secure the regular lower promotional...

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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,

13. 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. ...

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. El Al considers its own airline alliance
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...nts 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 called WE (West-East). The air...

18. Virgin details Etihad partnership
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...gin 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. Tog...

19. Hong Kong quick to ban Philippines trips
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...vel 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. ...

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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 U...

23. 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

24. 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

25. Lombok looking forward to TIME 2010
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...d tourism attractions. Presently, Lombok has almost 3500 hotel rooms of international standard and airlines including Silk Air, Merpati Nusantara, Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air service the is...

26. India to oppose UK departure tax switch?
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...e number of airline seats flown instead of the number of seats filled. The proposed tax would impact all airlines in the off-peak seasons and hit those flying low-demand departures particularly har...

27. Travel web sites criticised
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..., with 43 out of 47 websites reviewed given satisfactory, poor or very poor customer service scores. The airlines sector was said to fail to answer more than 51 per cent of all email queries. ...

28. Alaska Air cuts fuel use, emissions
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US carrier Alaska Airlines has reported a recent test flight that burned less fuel and decreased emissions by 35 per cent in comparison with a traditional flight and landing. The flight - under it

29. Continental inks Aegean deal
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USA carrier Continental Airlines and Greece's Aegean Airlines are to code-share on Continental's flights between Newark Liberty International Airport and Athens, as well as on selected flights operate

30. Brunei welcomes new airlines
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...partment of Civil Aviation (DCA), said the department has an "open door" policy, when it comes to airlines seeking access to Brunei's aviation market. Local industry officials, however...