High oil price cuts airline profits by half
IATA downgraded its 2011 airline industry outlook to US$8.6 billion from the US$9.1 billion it estimated last December. According to the statement IATA released...
World War II bomb discovery disrupts flights at KLIA
NINETY-ONE flights were delayed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) yesterday, following the precautionary detonation of a World War II bomb found at...
Beere out following restructure
A RESTRUCTURE at Tourism Australia under months-old managing director Andrew McEvoy sees one of the NTO's best-known faces, Richard Beere, leaving the organisation on...
Ex-tourism minister lambasts Indonesia’s associations
INDONESIA's former tourism minister Joop Ave has called the relevance of the country's tourism associations into question, urging the industry to be more pro-active...
Kuoni buys Swedish luxury tour operator
THE KUONI Group acquired on Monday Stockholm-based luxury tour operator Lime Travel, which specialises in tailored longhaul travel with a particular focus on Bali,...
Cheap airfares driving Malaysian travel boom
AIRFARE promotions by local and foreign carriers are driving sales of Malaysian agents' ground packages, ahead of the series of outbound fairs in Kuala...
Vietnam Airlines shifts terminals in Singapore
VIETNAM Airlines will shift its Singapore-based operations from Changi Airport's terminal one to terminal three from March 27.
The airline will also double its...
THAI spends on fleet rejuvenation; takes a step closer to launching...
THAI Airways International (THAI) has set aside 457 billion baht (US$14.9 billion) to acquire 75 new aircraft between this year and 2022 as part...
STB wins legal tussle over aborted fund-raiser
THE SINGAPORE Tourism Board (STB) has emerged victorious in a five-year legal wrangle with British event organiser Anthony Hollingsworth over the latter’s failure to...
IATA moves AGM from Cairo to Singapore
IATA will shift its 67th annual general meeting from Cairo to Singapore in the wake of political upheaval in the Middle East country.
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