The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved Virgin Australia’s proposed acquisition of regional carrier Skywest. Skywest will become part of the Virgin Australia brand but will continue to operate under its current Air Operator Certificate with its own management team, based in Western Australia....

Travelport has today announced a new tool for agents that will enable them to significantly enhance the way they manage, mark-up and control the onward distribution of their airline filed private fares. The new tool automates the often complex, time consuming and manual processes...

It is with sadness that Irish Travel Trade News reports the death, on Saturday 2nd February 2013, of well-known travel journalist John Coughlan, at the age of 69. In his early years John was publisher and editor of the Irish music industry’s Spotlight magazine and, since...

Emirates has increased its flights on the Dubai – Adelaide route to daily, just three months after the airline commenced a four times a week service to its fifth Australian gateway in November 2012. It will see an additional 1,062 seats operate in and...

Air India is seeking bids from interested parties to be appointed as a General Sales Agent for Ireland.  The tender document with all details is available on the Air India website, www.airindia.com. The completed sealed tender document, along with all supporting documentation, should be submitted no later...

Malaysia Airlines has today become part of Oneworld, adding one of Asia’s leading airlines to the global airline alliance that aims to be the first choice for frequent international travellers the world over. The national airline of Malaysia is now offering Oneworld’s full range of...

Royal Caribbean International and United are extending their recently announced agent incentive offering the chance to win a cruise to the Caribbean for two with flights on United. The incentive winner and guest will fly with United direct from Dublin or Shannon to New York...

Travel Counsellors is celebrating after achieving “remarkable” sales in January, including its highest ever selling day in the company’s 18-year history. Along with the global success, Travel Counsellors Ireland has smashed all previous records in January by achieving sales of almost €3 million beating the...

The Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia has just announced a new six days a week non-stop service from London Gatwick to Jakarta, one of South East Asia’s largest hub airports. The flight will be operated by a B-777-300ER capable of carrying more than 300 passengers. The service...

From tomorrow, 1st February, Oneworld Emerald status members will be entitled to an extra checked luggage allowance when travelling on any Oneworld airline, above the standard limit for the cabin class they are travelling in. This means passengers will benefit from either one additional item...

The European court of Justice has ruled that Ryanair should have fully compensated a passenger whose flight was cancelled because of the volcanic ash cloud in 2010. On such occasions there is no limit – in time or money – to the airline’s duty...

In the first full year since ECI Partners, the UK private equity firm, invested in CarTrawler, over 250 new airlines, hotels and online travel agencies have appointed CarTrawler as their exclusive car rental partner. In the aviation sector, CarTrawler signed West Jet, Canada’s no.1 airline...

The winter edition, and the ninth year, of the Copenhagen Cooking Festival starts tomorrow, 1st February, and runs for the entire month. This winter edition is part of Wonderful Copenhagen's umbrella festival, 'Wondercool', which, along with food events, also encompasses fashion, design, art, architecture, rock...

Air France has revealed the name and commercial offering of its new regional airline, HOP! A result of the synergy between the Air France group’s three regional airlines – Brit Air, Regional and Airlinair – HOP! aims to become the reference airline on inter-regional routes...

Shannon Airport has secured a new year-round service to Glasgow with Europe’s largest regional airline Flybe, starting 1st May 2013. The new flights to Glasgow will operate three times weekly – Wednesday, Friday and Sunday – and generate over 10,000 additional passengers through Shannon...

Etihad Airways commences its new schedule of daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Brisbane via Singapore tomorrow – and to mark the occasion Etihad will operate ‘Blue Moon Rising’ – its Airbus A330-200 painted in Manchester City Football Club colours.  James Hogan, Chief Executive, said...

With more than 2,200 unique user reviews, over 750 expert reviews from renown safari veterans and an unmatched collection of both editorial and visual information, SafariBookings.com instantly became one of the world’s largest African Safari resources the moment it went public this week. SafariBookings is...

Travelport Ireland is advertising two full-time positions in its Dublin office – a Key Account Manager and a Tele Account Manager.   For full details, click on the following: Key Account Manager https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_travelport/external/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=5346&localeCode=en-us Tele Account/Customer Support Manager https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_travelport/external/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=5345&localeCode=en-us Sinead Reilly, Country Manager, told Irish Travel Trade News: “It’s a great news...

Abbey Travel says don’t forget to remind your clients that Thursday 31st January is the last day to book the Disneyland Paris 2 Nights & 2 Days Free offer. When they take a two-, three- or four-night break to Disneyland Paris they get two extra...

Roses are red, violets are blue, seek romance in Thailand, we’ve got special offers for two! In the spirit of Valentine’s Day the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Airport Authority of Thailand (AOT) and Immigration Bureau are launching a special promotion to interest more couples...