REMEMBER THIS romance PLACE with is in the air... Try it now! Friday 28th November 2014 Qantas confirms Haneda Business Class. The Ultimate Luxury Experience Everyday fares. QANTAS today announced a improvements in the utilisation of significant expansion of operations our fleet,” a Qantas spokesperson LAST CHANCE New year-round published into Japan, with the debut of told Travel Daily. and combinable fares with daily flights from Australia to MEANWHILE, the carrier has TO FLY FREE Lufthansa Group. Tokyo Haneda effective Aug 2015. also today announced the launch The additional flights will of a new codeshare agreement TO CANADA complement existing daily QF with Jetstar Japan - along with a services to Tokyo Narita airport, $114m equity injection with JAL IN 2015 Return from: with the Haneda flights expected to help fund GK’s international to be on sale by the end of next expansion (TD breaking news). Earlybirds end $ month - along with confirmation From 15 Jan 2015 Qantas 5190 of the schedule and aircraft type. customers will be able to earn this Sunday Plus taxes and charges The Haneda route has been points and status credits on 30 November enabled by Qantas securing peak Jetstar Japan services from Narita arrival and departure slots at the to Sapporo, Fukuoka, Oita, Osaka, airport which is about 30 min Okinawa, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, from downtown Tokyo. Kumamoto and Kagoshima. Qantas isn’t providing specific details of the exact city pairs at Business Events push this stage, hinting that it would TRADE Minister Andrew see the additional slots at Haneda Robb today announced a major “as an opportunity to fly direct to initiative aimed at attracting more Japan from more than one capital business events to Australia. city in Australia”. 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Vietnam Veteran Mar 2014 respectively as part “Thailand has obvious appeal of the Mantra Group’s push into to Mantra Group given our stated at Cu Chi Tunnels new overseas markets. objective to secure hotels and However, those properties are resorts in iconic SE Asian markets now up and trading as The Puri favoured by Australian outbound Nusa Dua Bali and Sing Ken Ken travellers. Lifestyle Boutique Hotel, leaving “Our efforts in this territory have Mantra Group with one hotel only just started and as such we in Indonesia - Peppers Sentosa will take our time to ensure we Seminyak, which debuted in Apr. understand the market, secure Mantra ceo Bob East told TD credible partners and quality the respective owners of the hotels and resorts to offer our hotels were unable to reach the guests,” East told Travel Daily. 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India TVoA for Aussies VA phase Prem Econ out THE Government of India has Window VIRGIN Australia has confirmed impacted routes (TD 29 Aug). announced the launch of a new it will remove Premium Economy Eleven return transTasman and Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) for Seat fares from sale on transTasman 10 int’l short-haul routes will be Australian travellers. TOURISM Ireland’s Jim Paul and international short-haul impacted, including flights to New The TVoA has been introduced was in his usual fine form markets, effective early next year. Zealand, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga, for foreigners “whose sole during a Sydney travel industry In a memo to travel agents, VA Fiji and the Cook Islands. objective of visiting India is for function yesterday. said the Premium cabin would be VA said that guests currently recreation, sightseeing, short Detailing an exhaustive list wound up on the Sydney-Auckland booked and ticketed in Premium duration medical treatment, of “why Ireland is so special,” route from 27 Feb, and from 30 Economy will be upgraded to casual business visit, casual visit Paul highlighted the worldwide Mar on all other markets. Business Class at no extra cost. to meet friends or relatives etc”. success of Game of Thrones The move comes as Virgin Agents have until 02 Dec to Visitors are required to upload which was filmed in Ireland - Australia prepares to introduce ensure all Premium Economy a photo and passport page, then but confessed that he wasn’t a new Business Class product on transTasman and Int’l short-haul pay a US$60pp levy, at which time aware of some of the show’s sectors are ticketed. an application will be accepted graphic content until recently. MEANWHILE, VA has confirmed (or denied) and an Electronic EY, SAS codesharing “I’m not a ‘Throney’, but I a new schedule for its services to Travel Authorisation (ETA) issued. checked it out on the flight ETIHAD Airways has signed a the Indian Ocean Territories from Passengers are required to down to Australia from Ireland new airline pact with Scandinavian Perth to Christmas Island (XCH) print and carry a copy of the ETA and I was absolutely horrified. Airline Systems (SAS) on services and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CCK). with them which they can use to “Sex and violence - not just in between the UAE & Scandinavia. Effective 01 Jan and subject enter & exit India at nine airports the first episode but in every The carriers plan to commence to regulatory approval, VA will including Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi, single one of the seven episodes a codeshare operation on EY’s utilise Virgin Australia Regional Bengaluru, Goa and others. available on the in-flight flights to eight hubs in Europe Airlines’ A320-200 aircraft on the Applications must be submitted entertainment system. & nine SAS-operated route from triangular twice weekly services a min of four days ahead (max of “I had to double check by Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen. & weekly non-stop return service 30 days) of proposed travel date - watching all of them,” he said. A reciprocal frequent flyer deal to XCH, as previously flagged by see https://indianvisaonline.gov.in. will also be developed in time. Travel Daily (TD 02 Sep). 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