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| FLash | Global airline traffic has grown by more than 13% in 2004
Global airline traffic experienced strong growth this year, suggests preliminary statistics from the International Civil Aviation Organization. Regular international and domestic passenger service increased by 14% in 188 countries, said the Montreal-based United Nations aviation agency. |
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| Travel Advisory for Flights to and from Ontario and Montréal |
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 Air Canada and Air Canada Jazz advise that in anticipation of potential adverse weather conditions in Ontario and Montreal, the airline is allowing customers to re-book their travel for earlier or later flights without penalty, space permitting.
Customers flying to or from Ontario and or Montreal today wishing to make alternative travel arrangements may do so through Air Canada Reservations at 1-888-247-2262; TTY: 1-800-361-8071.
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NAV CANADA today announced its traffic figures for September and October 2004, as measured in weighted charging units for enroute, terminal and oceanic air navigation services, in comparison to the same months in 2003 and in 2000 (pre-9/11 period). The traffic in September and October increased by an average of 5.2 per cent and 5.1 per cent, respectively, compared to the same months in 2003. Traffic has still not quite recovered to the pre-9/11 level. It was 1.9 per cent and 2.9 per cent below the September and October 2000 level.
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| Celebrity Cruises Deploys Fourth Ship To Europe |
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Steadily increasing demand for Celebrity Cruises' vacation experiences in Europe has led the top-rated premium line to deploy a fourth ship to the region  in 2005. The 1,750-guest Century, previously scheduled to sail 9- and 10-night Caribbean cruises next spring and summer, will join Celebrity's Constellation, Galaxy and Millennium in Europe, offering vacationers the greatest capacity and broadest array of options Celebrity has offered to-date in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
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| U.S. tobacco industry loses appeal over airline smoke claim |
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A state appeals court upheld a $500,000 US award to a flight attendant who blamed second-hand smoke on airliners for her bronchitis and sinus disease in a decision Wednesday that could clear the way for damage trials on up to 3,000 similar claims. The ruling for former TWA attendant Lynn French was a test case interpreting a $349 million settlement reached in 1997 between the tobacco industry and nonsmoking attendants. The agreement resolved claims blaming illnesses on exposure to in-flight smoke before smoking was banned on domestic flights in 1990.
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| Rochester, N.Y., accepts $40 million loan to bid for idled ferry |
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A U.S. city is one step closer to resurrecting the high-speed ferry that travelled daily across Lake Ontario to Toronto this summer before shutting down with debts of $1.7 million. The nine-member Rochester, N.Y., city council approved an offer from the Export Finance and Insurance Corp., an arm of the Australian government, to loan the city up to $40 million for use in bidding at a court-ordered auction.
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| FLash | Malliouhana Hotel & Spa Voted Best Resort in the Caribbean
2004 marks the 20th anniversary of the Malliouhana Hotel & Spa. Malliouhana has provided 20 years of consistent excellence, a fact acknowledged by a hefty 70% return guest rate. The standard of excellence was further reflected by receipt of top honours in the 2004 Conde Nast Traveler Reader’s Survey. Conde Nast announced that the winners in this year’s survey received the highest scores in the 17 year history of the magazine and are indeed the “cream of an impressive crop”. |
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| FLash | Rates frozen on Newfoundland Nova Scotia ferry service for two years
Rates are being frozen on Marine Atlantic ferries for two years, the Crown-owned company said Wednesday. The freeze on rates on the service between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland will be in effect from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2006. The federal government said keeping rates at the current level will ensure continued affordability of services to both private and commercial users. An advisory committee struck to examine the future of Marine Atlantic will try to identify long-term strategies for stabilizing the company's ferry operations. The committee will hold consultations with stakeholders in January and is expected to provide Ottawa with a final report by the end of March. |
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| FLash | New Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways orders four Airbus A320s
Jazeera Airways, a new Kuwaiti airline, has ordered four Airbus A320s and taken options on four more, the European aircraft maker said in a statement Wednesday. Jazeera plans to begin services in February 2005 with two A320s it has already leased, serving Middle East destinations including Dubai, Bahrain, Amman, Damascus and Beirut. The four additional A320s will be delivered from October 2005, Airbus said. The 150-seater A320 has beaten Boeing Co.'s 737 to a string of recent contracts, particularly among low-cost carriers serving fast-growing Asian markets. |
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