Business Travel

AIR TAHITI NUI INCREASING FREQUENCY TO PAPEETE

July 12, 2013

AUCKLAND – From December 10, Air Tahiti Nui will add a Tuesday service to existing Thursday and Sunday flights from Auckland to Papeete, linking with codeshare connections from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.  The airline is refurbishing cabins in its fleet of Airbus A340-300 aircraft to provide more comfortable seating and a ne inflight entertainment system. www.airtahitinui.com.au (ATI).

CHINA MELBOURNE’S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR THIRD YEAR

July 5, 2013

MELBOURNE - Melbourne airport handled 37,000 international passengers from China for the month of May, up 17.0% (5,000 passengers)from May 2012, continuing a trend that has seen the China-Melbourne market grow by more than 10% for the year ending March 2013, to reach 685,000 passengers. Over three years the Melbourne-China market has grown 66%. For the year ending March 2013, China was Melbourne's largest long-haul international market for the third consecutive year, ahead of the  traditional US and UK markets, and other Asian growth markets.

IATA WANTS REVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER MOVEMENT CHARGE

July 5, 2013

SYDNEY – The International Air Transport AssocIation (IATA) has called on the Australian Government to reconsider the economic damage being done by the Passenger Movement Charge (PMC), which is currently AUD55 per passenger. Tont Yler, Director-General and CEO of IATA, told an Aviation Press Club luncheon in Sydney that the PMC was originally designed to fund Australia’s border agencies, including customs and border protection, quarantine and immigration, but at $55 per passenger it exceeds the cost of funding these agencies.  It is estimated that about AUD800 million will be collected in the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

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