News in Brief: Friday November 29

News in Brief: Friday November 29
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The Australian Federation of Travel Agents has welcomed the launch of a new government campaign which urges tourists to get insurance and to register with smartraveller.gov.au before they travel.

New adverts tell the story of Natalie Hensby who was injured in a high speed boat crash in Thailand. Registering with Smartraveller and taking out comprehensive travel insurance saved her life and $100,000 in medical costs, AFTA chief executive Jayson Westbury said.

"AFTA and our members are very proud supporters of this important campaign and we congratulate the Federal Government on their ongoing commitment to ensuring Australians travelling overseas are aware, insured and contactable in the event of the unexpected happening." 

 

Qantas saw its market share of international passengers fall to 16.9% in September, down from 17.5% the previous year. Jetstar also slipped, from 8.3% to 7.4%.

Of the overseas carriers operating to Australia, Emirates held the largest share, 9.6%, up from 8.5% in September 2012. Singapore's share went in the other direction, down from 9.4% to 8.8% with Virgin Australia capturing 8.1% of passengers, down 0.3 percentage points.

Air New Zealand's share was 7.4%, down from 7.8% last year.

 

Tourism Malaysia has named Ammelia Affendy as deputy director of its Perth office. She replaces Wan Sara Wan Teh. Affendy was previously senior tourism officer in Tourism Malaysia's Sarawak office.

 

Singapore Airlines will add a third daily flight to Tokyo's Haneda Airport from March, taking its total number of daily flights to the Japanese capital to five.

Email the Travel Weekly team at traveldesk@travelweekly.com.au

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