24 April 2009
42nd Annual General Assembly (AGA): The 2009 Interline Celebration
Brochure
An updated brochure which clarifies payment details can be found in the Event Calendar section of the WACA Web site: /waca/events.
Transportation
Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) would like to inform interliners that it offers very competitive fare levels from different parts of the world to Kuala Lumpur either through its travel agents or via its Web site: www.malaysiaairlines.com for its best fare discounts, e.g. there is a current fare promotion from HK to KL at HK$ 527 one way and from Perth to KL at AUD 182 one way and other domestic sector special fares. You may also want to take a look at the "Grab-A-Deal" in the same Web site where other fare discounts are offered from time to time.
Also, there are special fares offered by Air Asia which can be found at www.airasia.com and Cathay Pacific is offering some great deals to Singapore from HKG: www.cathaypacific.com.
Post-AGA Tour: The Borneo Adventure (Packages A, B and C)
All three packages are now sold out so a "standby" list is now in effect.
43rd Annual General Assembly (AGA): The 2010 Interline Celebration
Secretary General, Julian Chau, is pleased to send interliners the following message:
The World Airlines Clubs Association is delighted to announce the approval of the hosting of the 43rd Interline Celebration in Recife, Brazil. All the votes have now been tallied and 17 Clubs were in favour (within the voting deadline) and five were against. Eight additional Clubs also voted in favour of Recife, although these votes came in after the vote cut-off deadline and are not included in the official tally. Let us take this opportunity to congratulate and extend our support to the Interline Club of Portugal for hosting this event in Brazil. The Interline Club of Portugal values the opinions of those clubs who voted against the venue and will strive to address the concerns raised.
The following Clubs voted in favour of 43rd AGA being held in Recife by the 21 March deadline:
New York, Zurich, Basel, Calgary, Napoli, Winnipeg, Lebanon, Bahamas, Sydney, Portugal, Hungarian, San Diego, Hong Kong, Edmonton, Singapore, Detroit and Vancouver. Seventeen Clubs.
The following Clubs voted in favour of 43rd AGA being held in Recife after the 21 March deadline:
Sweden, IOIIC, Munich, Thailand, Western Australia, Jordan, Johannesburg and Montreal. Eight Clubs.
The following Clubs voted against the 43rd AGA being held in Recife by the 21 March deadline:
Cape Town, Gatwick, Rhein-Main, London and Delhi. Five Clubs.
A total of 30 Member Clubs voted.
Grand Venture Bonanza
And the Winner is ...
The first draw of 2009 for a cash prize of USD 100.00 donated by the Sydney Interline Club was made today by IATA Customer Service Representative Accreditation, Sonia Mete. There were 936 tickets in the draw and the lucky winner is Luisa Orr from the Vancouver Interline Club with ticket number 3630. Congratulations.
Next Draw
The remaining 935 tickets will now be included in the next draw which is expected to be at the end of May. Once again, Member Clubs are urged to sell as many Bonanza tickets as possible to generate much needed revenues for the Association and to please donate a prize if at all possible to add to the following fabulous prizes to be won:
one package for two people to the Grill Party on Saturday, 5 September donated by the Interairline Club Zurich;
one package for two people to the Christmas Party on Sunday, 6 December donated by the Interairline Club Zurich;
one package for two people to the Fondue Party on Sunday, 24 January 2010 donated by the Interairline Club Zurich;
a package for one person (based on double occupancy) at the 2009 Interline Celebration in Kuala Lumpur donated by WACA;
two cash prizes of USD 100.00 each donated by WACA.
Events Calendar
Update
Regional V.P. Far East and Australasia, John Aarons, advises that latecomers will be most welcome to attend the Far East and Australasia Regional Meeting that will be held in Singapore from 1-3 May.
Postponement
The Paille-en-Queue Social Club of Air Mauritius has, unfortunately, found it necessary to postpone the 2009 Dodo's Nest that was scheduled to take place from 1-6 June.
Details on all the above events can be found in the Event Calendar section of the WACA Web site: /waca/events.
Yours in interlining,
Keith Miller
Manager, WACA Headquarters
World Airlines Clubs Association
Tel.: +1 514-874-0202 (ext. 3243)
Fax: +1 514-874-1753
info@waca.org
www.waca.org