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The first regional private airline in China is China Express Airlines, and they have recently agreed to purchase several aircraft from Bombardier, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer. It is expected the deal has a value of nearly $270 million. This is the first order that has been made from China to Bombardier in nearly a decade. The [...]  The founder of the airline easyJet is Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, and he is due to have a battle with the board of the airline next week during the annual meeting. Sir Stelios owns nearly 40 percent of the shares in the airline and he has said that he is enraged about the incentives that the [...] EasyJet was able to break out of the bleak picture that paints most of the airline sector around the world by showing strong growth numbers this year and strong quarterly revenue for the last quarter of 2011. Helping the company out is the number of business travellers that have choose to stay with the budget [...] The Costa Concordia often travelled to a port near Rome and on its journey the ship would pass the island of Giglio. Local residents would often come to the shoreline to see the huge vessel as it passed along, normally far out at sea. The last time the vessel passed though, the residents were very [...] The Hotel Booking Agents Association was created for the purpose of providing management information and advice, cost savings and networking opportunities amongst those hotel operators and corporate agents using hotel accommodations for conferences, seminars, events etc. Their charter covers such aspects of the industry as payment terms, commissions, inquiry response times and overall best and [...] Travel Republic is a leading UK travel agency based online and is now a subsidiary of Emirates, the large airline based in the Middle East – after a recent takeover deal was completed. Thomson Reuters announce that the deal was completed in late December and currently there has been no other information released about the [...] The Hotel Booking Agents Association was created for the purpose of providing management information and advice, cost savings and networking opportunities amongst hotel operators and corporate agents using hotel accommodations for conferences, seminars, events etc. Their charter covers such aspects of the industry as payment terms, commissions, inquiry response times and overall best and most [...] Sustainable holidays is something that is becoming more popular in the UK as recently a travel agency has launched which will be providing over 3500 holidays to people are interested in sustainable travel. The travel agency is called Useeka Travel and their website can be found at www.useeka.com. Neil Simpkin is the businessman behind the agency [...] It seems that the end to the domestic air travel boom is coming to an end as regional airline Flybe has announced a slump in sales for its UK routes. Flybe is based in Exeter and runs a service which takes passengers between Aberdeen, London, Manchester, and Norwich. The company has issued two profit warnings [...] The US travel industry has asked the UK government to put aside new plans that might see the Air Passenger Duty increase for all travellers that enter the UK. About thirty different travel organizations based in the United States have already signed a letter from the Air Transport Association asking Chancellor George Osborne to start [...] |
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