Evan Hall, chief executive for Perth, Australia-based Tourism Council WA says he is ‘relieved’ the government has overturned a massive planned cut in tourism funding, but the Western Australia budget funding for tourism still will not help the state’s struggling regions.
Visitor arrivals to Bali, Indonesia increased by 19.89 per cent, worth some US$14.41 million, in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same quarter a year earlier, according to Bank Indonesia Denpasar.
The International Congress and Convention Association's 2011 statistics show the international association sector is resilient and showing healthy growth
April was a better passenger month – not so good for cargo - for Singapore Airlines, with the carrier reporting 9.8 per cent year-on-year growth in systemwide passenger carriage (measured in revenue-passenger kilometres), outpacing the increase in capacity (measured in available seat-kilometres) of 2.9 per cent.
Singapore's Singapore Airlines is to suspend services from Singapore to Abu Dhabi and to Athens as of October 26 because of the weak performance of both routes.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued interim approvals for marketing co-operation agreements between Europe's Air Berlin and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and separately, UAE-based Emirates and sister carrier Flydubai.
A new airline aimed at low-income earners and serving isolated parts of the country has been suggested for South Africa.
India's government has promised to hear Air India's pilots' grievances 'unconditionally' and without taking any vindictive action.
The question of which marketing group will win the merged Latam Airline Group (the nearly-completed merger of Chile's Lan and Brazil's Tam) may impact the purchase of Portugal's Tap, with Lufthansa's chief executive Cjhristoph Franz saying a buy is possible.
European rail operator Eurostar wants to capitalise on its proven strengths as a point to point rail carrier/airline competitor and is considering services from its base at St Pancras, London, UK to the Netherlands, Germany, southern France and Switzerland.
The EU says more than 99 per cent of major global airlines flying to or within the EU already have complied with rules of the European Union's emissions trading system (EU ETS tax).
Additional security procedures are to be imposed on aircraft departing Ireland's Dublin Airport after an audit by the European Commission on the airport's compliance with EU aviation security rules.
In Indonesia, Merpati's chief commissioner Rudy Setyopurnomo has replaced Sardjono Jhony Tjitrokusumo as head of the airline. Merpati has been incurring losses, said possibly to be due to mismanagement.
Evan Hall, chief executive for Perth, Australia-based Tourism Council WA says he is ‘relieved’ the government has overturned a massive planned cut in tourism funding, but the Western Australia budget funding for tourism still will not help the state’s struggling regions.
Visitor arrivals to Bali, Indonesia increased by 19.89 per cent, worth some US$14.41 million, in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same quarter a year earlier, according to Bank Indonesia Denpasar.
The International Congress and Convention Association's 2011 statistics show the international association sector is resilient and showing healthy growth
April was a better passenger month – not so good for cargo - for Singapore Airlines, with the carrier reporting 9.8 per cent year-on-year growth in systemwide passenger carriage (measured in revenue-passenger kilometres), outpacing the increase in capacity (measured in available seat-kilometres) of 2.9 per cent.
Singapore's Singapore Airlines is to suspend services from Singapore to Abu Dhabi and to Athens as of October 26 because of the weak performance of both routes.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued interim approvals for marketing co-operation agreements between Europe's Air Berlin and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and separately, UAE-based Emirates and sister carrier Flydubai.
A new airline aimed at low-income earners and serving isolated parts of the country has been suggested for South Africa.
India's government has promised to hear Air India's pilots' grievances 'unconditionally' and without taking any vindictive action.
The question of which marketing group will win the merged Latam Airline Group (the nearly-completed merger of Chile's Lan and Brazil's Tam) may impact the purchase of Portugal's Tap, with Lufthansa's chief executive Cjhristoph Franz saying a buy is possible.
European rail operator Eurostar wants to capitalise on its proven strengths as a point to point rail carrier/airline competitor and is considering services from its base at St Pancras, London, UK to the Netherlands, Germany, southern France and Switzerland.
The EU says more than 99 per cent of major global airlines flying to or within the EU already have complied with rules of the European Union's emissions trading system (EU ETS tax).
Additional security procedures are to be imposed on aircraft departing Ireland's Dublin Airport after an audit by the European Commission on the airport's compliance with EU aviation security rules.
In Indonesia, Merpati's chief commissioner Rudy Setyopurnomo has replaced Sardjono Jhony Tjitrokusumo as head of the airline. Merpati has been incurring losses, said possibly to be due to mismanagement.
