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Industry jobs surge continues into the new year

30 JAN: Recruitment company TMS Asia-Pacific is urging employers to start looking at 2012 manpower needs, with "early indicators" pointing to an ongoing recovery in Australia’s tourism and hospitality sector.
Read more: Industry jobs surge continues into the new year

Finnair cabin crew stage dance routine on India flight (with video)

Flight attendants stage their Bollywood routine.

30 JAN: In what’s been described as a classic Bollywood movie routine, cabin crew of Scandinavian airline Finnair danced in the aisles to mark India’s Republic Day during a flight from Helsinki to New Delhi.

Thousands stranded by Spanish air collapse

30 JAN: An estimated 22,000 travellers were left stranded at the by the Friday night collapse of Spain’s fourth-biggest airline, Spanair.
Read more: Thousands stranded by Spanish air collapse

Qantas-Malaysia joint venture claim

30 JAN: Malaysia Airlines and Qantas are looking at setting up a joint-venture premium airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian daily newspaper The Star reported Friday, citing unnamed sources.
Read more: Qantas-Malaysia joint venture claim

European Union probes Atlantic air alliance

30 JAN: European regulators began an anti-trust investigation on Friday into a joint venture between Delta, Air France-KLM and Alitalia on flights between the United States and Europe.
Read more: European Union probes Atlantic air alliance

Costa offers $14,000 compensation to 3206 passengers

30 JAN: Costa Cruises offered uninjured passengers 11,000 euros (about $14,000) each on Friday to compensate them for lost baggage and the psychological trauma they suffered after Costa Concordia ran aground and capsized off Tuscany.
Read more: Costa offers $14,000 compensation to 3206 passengers

New Orleans in huge cruise comeback

30 JAN: Six years after Hurricane Katrina drove the cruise industry from New Orleans, the city has reported a remarkable comeback, attracting 736, 908 cruise passengers in the year to December - a 12-month record and 2265 passengers more than the previous best year, 2004.
Read more: New Orleans in huge cruise comeback

Priest scuppered over heavenly cruise

30 JAN: A Roman Catholic priest who told his flock he was going on a spiritual retreat is actually a survivor from the Concordia.
Read more: Priest scuppered over heavenly cruise

AirAsia says it’s resolving pricing issues with ACCC

27 JAN: AirAsia said yesterday that it has taken "corrective action" to resolve complaints in a lawsuit brought by Australian regulators over its online fare information.
Read more: AirAsia says it’s resolving pricing issues with ACCC

Home-based surge brings warning for new recruits

25 JAN: A surge in the number of home-based agency groups in Australia has led to a warning to consultants to check the fine print before they sign with a particular network.
Read more: Home-based surge brings warning for new recruits

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News in Brief for 6 February

UK SNOW CHAOS One-third of the flights at London Heathrow were due to be cancelled yesterday amid forecasts of heavy snow. Authorities warned of dangerous driving conditions.

RUN OVER BY JET A Boeing worker was seriously injured Saturday when he was run over by a 787 Dreamliner being towed at the planemaker’s Paine Field airport north of Seattle. The man was initially trapped under right wing landing gear.

SCUBA DEATH A US tourist has died while scuba diving in Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.The 47-year-old woman lost consciousness while ascending from a dive on Saturday. Efforts were made to revive her, but she was declared dead soon after being taken to a hospital.

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