Europe's Air France plans to slash more than 4,000 ground and admin staff jobs by 2013 as a result of financial problems caused by the global economic downturn. Unions have reacted angrily.
Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) has appointed Sally de Swart acting event director for the annual Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) while event director Rosemarie Sama is on maternity leave.
The Exhibition and Events Association (EEAA) has appointed Sydney-based ConExion Event Management to manage its Industry Day Conference at Melbourne Convention Centre 30 November. The conference and associated awards night are open to EEAA members only.
Doha-based Qatar Airways says it is to boost services to Asia after its Qatar-Tokyo route, launched in April, outperformed expectations and became one of the airline's top performing routes within just two months.
Brisbane, Australia-based Strategic Airlines will offer full-service flights from Brisbane to Port Hedland in Western Australia and Bali (Denpasar) from 03 August subject to regulatory approval.
On the heels of the new GBP1 drop off charge introduced at Edinburgh Airport, Scotland, the cost of hiring a trolley at London Luton Airport has doubled to GBP2.
From August 11, a new German airline, My Wings, is to launch services from Friedrichshafen to European destinations including London (Gatwick), Rome, Pristina, Thessaloniki and Alicante.
The Association of European Airlines has stopped publishing details of "service quality" - punctuality and lost baggage stats - in which around 30 carriers were compared against each other.
Europe's Air France plans to slash more than 4,000 ground and admin staff jobs by 2013 as a result of financial problems caused by the global economic downturn. Unions have reacted angrily.
Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) has appointed Sally de Swart acting event director for the annual Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) while event director Rosemarie Sama is on maternity leave.
The Exhibition and Events Association (EEAA) has appointed Sydney-based ConExion Event Management to manage its Industry Day Conference at Melbourne Convention Centre 30 November. The conference and associated awards night are open to EEAA members only.
Doha-based Qatar Airways says it is to boost services to Asia after its Qatar-Tokyo route, launched in April, outperformed expectations and became one of the airline's top performing routes within just two months.
Brisbane, Australia-based Strategic Airlines will offer full-service flights from Brisbane to Port Hedland in Western Australia and Bali (Denpasar) from 03 August subject to regulatory approval.
On the heels of the new GBP1 drop off charge introduced at Edinburgh Airport, Scotland, the cost of hiring a trolley at London Luton Airport has doubled to GBP2.
From August 11, a new German airline, My Wings, is to launch services from Friedrichshafen to European destinations including London (Gatwick), Rome, Pristina, Thessaloniki and Alicante.
The Association of European Airlines has stopped publishing details of "service quality" - punctuality and lost baggage stats - in which around 30 carriers were compared against each other.