Daily nonstop to L.A and on to over 250 cities in North America, launching July 3, 2009. Start booking tickets for you clients on the worlds largest airline today.

• Delta recently merged with Northwest which makes us the world’s largest carrier
• We service 368 destinations in 66 countries and carry over 170 million passengers each year.
• Operating with the 777-200LR aircraft
• Departing SYD 0915 and arriving LAX 0600 allowing for exceptional connections to deeper USA.
• Economy class - New all leather slim line seats, personal 9 inch video monitors with on demand movies, tv, music and games
• Our Business Elite service offers reclining seats that adjust to multiple positions including a fully horizontal 6 foot 3 inch bed, privacy screens and isle access

Pacific Blue has announced new direct flights to Hamilton, New Zealand, from both Sydney and Brisbane airports starting in September this year.

Six direct flights are scheduled per week – three from each city, with connecting fares offered via Sydney to and from Perth, Melbourne and Canberra.
To celebrate the new flights, Pacific Blue is having a two week sale with flights from Sydney to Hamilton as low as $202 and flights from Brisbane as low as $232.

These special fares are available until 17 June or until sold out for travel from 1 September until 17 December.

To contact BCD Travel, call our National Sales Manager, Stephen Finlay on 02 8080 7439 or email stephen.finlay@bcdtravel.com.au.

Virgin Blue’s international airline, V Australia, and Virgin America have signed an interline agreement that will enable Australian corporate travellers to enjoy seamless business travel on the networks of each carrier and across the trans-Pacific route.

The agreement will allow corporate travellers to purchase a single ticket for travel in the US and Australia on either carrier from June this year.

The interline partnership enables Australian business travellers to connect to and from a wide range of Virgin America destinations including Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Boston and Washington DC.
V Australia offers direct flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Los Angeles, with direct flights from Melbourne scheduled to begin in September, subject to regulatory approval.

The interline agreement will make it even easier to fly around the world on Virgin Airlines with V Australia to Los Angeles; Virgin America to five cities; and Virgin Atlantic US connecting gateways to London and back through Asia to Sydney.

Travel management company, BCD Travel, has experienced an increase in enquiry from potential new clients seeking an online solution for corporate travel bookings.
As companies across the world seek to cut costs, businesses currently using a travel management company whereby bookings are made over the phone are seeking an alternative supplier that can offer an online booking engine (OBE) and self-booking travel tools.
Not only do online self-booking travel tools make corporate travel bookings quicker and easier, it also enables companies to save money by programming their corporate travel policy into the online system.

BCD Travel’s online booking engine (OBE) contains individual client profiles tailored to each corporate travel client’s requirements. The online booking engine (OBE) also enables immediate reporting so managers can closely monitor corporate travel bookings and overall business travel expenditure with the click of a button.

Read a case study on how BCD Travel’s online booking engine (OBE) and self-booking travel tools helped a client save $750,000 in business travel.