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Qantas Airlines is announcing major discounts on flights to Australia. Both one-way and round-trip tickets have been significantly discounted. Be sure to act quickly – these fares are only available through Tuesday, April 21st, 2009.
Kangaroos, boomerangs and surfers all within your reach when you book a cheap flight to Australia. The US dollar is the strongest it’s been in years in the Land Down Under, and this is a great time to take advantage.
Flights to Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne are available from the following cities:
• Los Angeles flights or San Francisco flights: From $265 each way or $530 round-trip
• New York flights: From $365 each way or $730 round-trip
Flights are valid for travel between August 2nd and September 28th, 2009, or between October 25th and December 6th, 2009.
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The Seattle coffee giant said its instant coffee will be priced at about $3 on the flights, and the London-based airline will also sell four of Starbucks’ Tazo teas for about $2.95 each on the flights.
EasyJet flights will begin selling the Starbucks products on May 1.
“Offering Starbucks Via … to easyJet passengers provides us with a great opportunity to ensure new and existing Starbucks customers get the chance to experience high-quality coffee in an instant,” said Rupert Lawrie, director of business alliances and licensing, Starbucks UK and Ireland, in a statement.
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Don’t book in advance for your summer vacation because two Bay Area airports are seeing big drops in flights according to USA TODAY analysis.
The paper said airlines can cut flying capacity two different ways: by cutting the number of daily flights on a certain route or using smaller planes with fewer seats.
The paper looked at the “Official Airline Guide” for June 2009 and found a 19.1% drop in service at Oakland and a 16.9% drop in San Jose by this summer.
Some of the cutbacks have already happened while others are still in the hopper.
The cuts are a direct result of a dropoff in business travel.
Domestic schedules saw the deepest cuts.
USA TODAY said service at the country’s top business airports (New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and Minneapolis) is faring better.
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Air Southwest start two daily flights from London City Airport, now people in the capital now having the chance to arrive in the far south-west in little more than one hour.
The airline revealed that 5,000 seats have been sold for the flights, with tickets costing from £29.
Operating twice-daily on weekdays, the route will also run once a day on Sundays.
Peter Davies, Air Southwest’s managing director, said that the carrier is “revolutionising” air travel between London and the south-west and giving passengers “a real choice”.
“These flights fit the busy working lives of our business customers and are ideal for London City passengers looking to visit friends and family or make the most of a short break in Cornwall and Devon without the high costs of the eurozone,” he commented.
VLM airlines will launch new flights to Nantes from the Docklands airport on April 27th
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Emirates going to operate two daily flights to Dubai and Kuala Lumpur as well as three additional weekly flights from Dubai to Jakarta effective May 1.
On the Kuala Lumpur sector, Emirates will add two flights to its existing 12 flights-a-week service, bringing the total to 14 a week. On the Jakarta sector, Emirates will expand its current daily service to 10 flights a week.
Richard Vaughan, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice-President, Commercial Operations Worldwide, said: “Despite the current economic environment, the Middle East and Far East continue to register growth in their travel and tourism industries. In the Far East these industries are expected to post average annual gains of 6.3 per cent over the coming 10 years. While Malaysia continues to be a leading holiday destination, Indonesia is investing significantly in developing its MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) infrastructure in order to get a slice of the bustling conference market.
The announcement closely follows the release of World Bank forecasts that point to 5.3 per cent rise in the gross domestic product of the Far East this year.
