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BA traffic hit by strikes, sees merger signing soon

Thu, 08/04/2010 - 06:39
British Airways carried 11.4% fewer passengers in March year-on-year, hit by seven days of strikes

Fish, divers swim through underwater Mexico museum

Wed, 07/04/2010 - 05:46
Schools of glittering silver-white fish swoop past a statue of a man hunched over a workbench, the first seabed artwork in a new underwater museum in Mexico's Caribbean Sea

Lufthansa pilots refuse to drop strike threat

Tue, 06/04/2010 - 22:01
Pilots at Lufthansa renewed their threat to strike for four days next week unless they can agree with the German flag carrier on terms for arbitration

Fog stalls Jetstar passengers on Melbourne-Christchurch flight

Sat, 03/04/2010 - 14:04
Jetstar is apologising to more than 170 passengers delayed for 13 hours on a flight from Melbourne to Christchurch

US announces new airline security measures

Sat, 03/04/2010 - 10:33
The United States announced new security measures to replace the mandatory screening of air travellers from 14 mostly Muslim countries that had angered some allies when it was imposed after a failed bombing on Christmas Day

Easter weekend traffic already starting to build up

Thu, 01/04/2010 - 14:59
The Easter weekend traffic is already starting to build up with reports of a line at the Kopu Bridge two kilometres long

Black Cat Cruises plans floating hotel. golf course for Lyttelton

Thu, 01/04/2010 - 10:58
Black Cat Cruises is planning to build a floating Hotel and 18 hole championship golf course in Lyttelton Harbour

Unpaid Spanish air hostesses strip in protest

Thu, 01/04/2010 - 10:31
Flight attendants owed up to nine months' wages by a grounded Spanish airline have posed nude for a calendar to draw attention to their plight

Australians love Singapore Airlines best except to New Zealand

Thu, 01/04/2010 - 07:08
Singapore Airlines has topped an Australian survey, voted No. 1 for 11 out of the 12 destinations for Australians, except Air New Zealand operated flights to NZ

Travel tips - Best places to have a midlife crisis

Wed, 31/03/2010 - 10:37
If you're bored with your life and looking to shake things up, Lonely Planet has come up with 10 destinations where you can reinvent yourself and feel young again

Engine failure forces Qantas plane to land at Sydney Airport

Wed, 31/03/2010 - 10:30
A Qantas passenger plane has safely landed at Sydney Airport after it encountered engine problems shortly after it took-off from Singapore

Kid power now driving family holiday choices

Tue, 30/03/2010 - 08:13
The family holiday has changed from the days when kids in the back of the station wagon pestered their parents in front with the unending refrain, "Are we there yet?"

Labour says purchase of Smartgate bypassed tender process

Mon, 29/03/2010 - 17:44
Labour is accusing the government of running roughshod over proper process by spending millions of dollars on automated Customs kiosks

Union threatens more British Airways strikes

Sun, 28/03/2010 - 13:05
The union representing British Airways' striking cabin crew warned on Saturday that it would stage more stoppages unless there was a breakthrough in the dispute over pay and jobs

Family holidays on the rise, as is annoyance says survey

Fri, 26/03/2010 - 20:08
More and more American families are set to go on holiday together this year, but the number of people keen to avoid boisterous children on their own vacation is also on the rise, a travel survey shows

Customs Minister Maurice Williamson: SmartGate a big success

Fri, 26/03/2010 - 16:49
Auckland Airport's SmartGate automatic processing facility has clocked up its 100,000th passenger, Customs Minister Maurice Williamson says

New York bar to set menu prices like stocks

Fri, 26/03/2010 - 10:19
What's the value of a pint of beer? Let the market decide, says a new restaurant in Manhattan where prices for food and beverages will fluctuate like stock prices in increments according to demand

UK airport worker warned in scanner ogling claim

Thu, 25/03/2010 - 17:36
A security worker at London's Heathrow Airport has received a police warning and faces disciplinary action over claims he ogled a female colleague using a full-body scanner