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US majors ready to order planes?

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

Major US airlines are poised to place a large number of airplane orders, with at least four major carriers in talks to buy fuel-efficient narrow-body planes as they battle fuel costs and strive for more operating efficiencies.

SIA Cargo to pay $US48m cartel fine

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

Singapore Airlines Cargo has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a US$48 million criminal fine for air cargo price fixing.

Flybe, Finnair in joint venture

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

Europe's major regional airline, the UK's Flybe and Finland's Finnair are to pay EUR25 million for Finnish Commuter Airlines (FCA), Finland's largest domestic air carrier by number of flights.

Thomson fries harder

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

The UK's Thomson Airways is to use biofuel made from cooking oil on a trial service to Spain next month.

Delta win prompts AA request for flight waiver

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

US carrier American Airlines has asked for parity after rival Delta Air Lines was granted a near-one-year waiver on flights between Detroit and Tokyo Haneda, Japan, by the US government because of the travel downturn caused by the country's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters earlier this year.

Qantas denies Jetstar, JAL partnership

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

Australia's Qantas Group's Jetstar is being touted as a budget airline partner for Japanese carrier Japan Airlines.

Environmentalists attack US government over ETS

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

US environmental groups have attacked the Obama administration's opposition to the European Union's emissions trading scheme (ETS), which will apply to emissions from airplanes from next year, arguing the US is reneging on its commitment to fight global warming.

Sabre buys Softhotel

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

USA-based Sabre Holdings has acquired SoftHotel, a provider of web-based property management solutions for the hospitality industry that has more than 4,500 installations. SoftHotel will become part of Sabre Hospitality Solutions.

United Continental opts for Mileage Plus

: BTN News; Monday, 04 July 2011

US carrier United Continental Holdings (the new combined United and Continental brand) will use Mileage Plus as its loyalty program for both United and Continental Airlines, with levels and benefits to be announced prior to 2012. The two airlines currently operate independently.

2011 arrivals to reflect global concerns?

: BTN News; Friday, 01 July 2011

International tourist arrivals to all monitored countries grew by 4.5 per cent in the first four months of 2011, despite new challenges emerging since the beginning of the year, according to the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.

PCB rolls over A$100m advanced sales

: MICE News; Friday, 01 July 2011

The Western Australian Perth Convention Bureau expects the next 12 months to be a bonanza year, with business events to inject more than A$102 million into the state economy.

TMS opens âhospitality executiveâ division

: MICE News; Friday, 01 July 2011

Sydney-based TMS Asia-Pacific has established a dedicated ‘hospitality sector executive search’ service.

Australiaâs international traffic up 10.6pc

: BTN News; Friday, 01 July 2011

Australia's international scheduled passenger traffic* in April 2011 was 2.281 million compared to 2.063 million in April 2010 – an increase of 10.6 per cent, according to the latest government BITRE figures.