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Tourism Australia Uses New Campaign With Kidman Film
The new international marketing campaign for Tourism Australia is set to coincide with 'Australia', an epic film to be released later in the year, starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. They are hoping that it will boost the amount of visitors they have to Australia. The film has a $AU131
by Bobby Jones June 24th, 2008
Qantas Forced to Cancel Flights
Six Qantas flights from Melbourne and Sydney have been cancelled today due to the possibility that engineers will walk off the job in three states. The Australian carrier has been forced to cancel another eighteen flights on Monday as engineers take ...
by Tanya Propst June 23rd, 2008
BOEING and Airbus Combat Jet Lag
Super airlines BOEING and Airbus are making big strides in the battle against significant factors responsible for jet lag. Its common knowledge that a traveller's body is going to object to spending any amount of time inside a pressurised aluminum tube ...
by Paul Scott June 23rd, 2008
Funchal to Visit Kangaroo Island
Adelaide is preparing its first ocean liner, Funchal, to add Kangaroo Island as a port of call. The first cruise will launch from Adelaide at 6pm on Friday, February 6, 2009. Funchal, once used as a Portuguese presidential ...
by Samuel Edwards June 23rd, 2008
West Australia catch the eye of AirAsia X
It has been reported that Malaysian based AirAsia X, Westralia Airports Corporation and Tourism WA (West Australia) have teamed up to improve West Australia's tourism economy. Sheila McHale, Tourism minister for West Australia has announced the tie-up between the three corporations has potential to invest of AUD$100 million into tourism
by Emily Penbryn June 23rd, 2008
Redspot Surveys Potentially Fatal Highway Intersection in Australia
At the intersection in Dandenong, the right lane is wrong for drivers. A resident, Garry Porter, that lives nearby the intersection of the Princes Highway, Gladstone Road, and Jones Road says that this intersection is just a fatal accident ...
by Tanya Propst June 23rd, 2008
Opodo News on South Australia
The tourism industry of South Australia has had the backing of a recent investment in the Ozone Seafront Hotel, located on Kangaroo Island, that was announced by the Aurora Group. The Whale Centre is also going to be revamped ...
by Dave Humphries June 23rd, 2008
Fares to be Raised and Routes to be Axed by Virgin Blue
Virgin Blue is planning to raise the price of air fares, freeze the pay of management, restrict 4 aircrafts from flying, and cut out some of their routes in order to cut $50 million out of their budget for the ...
by Bobby Jones June 23rd, 2008
New Australian airline targets cities with regional jets
An Australian start-up airline, name yet to be disclosed, plans to begin cargo and passenger services in November this year. It has been revealed that the airline will have E-170, E-190, ATR-72 and A300F aircrafts in its fleet. The airline is presently based in Melbourne, and intends to launch its aircrafts
by Samuel Edwards June 22nd, 2008
Australian Airlines are Worried about New Tax and High Fuel
The airline industry of Australia is rising the tax for international sea and air passengers, which is probably going to damage the tourist appeal for Australia being a travel destination. As of right now the passenger movement charge is ...
by Dave Humphries June 22nd, 2008
