Cheap transtasman flights

Kiwis snap up flights
8.00am Thursday November 23, 2006 (NZ Herald)

New Zealanders are snapping up cut-price flights to Australia, as airlines try to rally interest in transtasman routes.

Emirates sold out of tickets in its 48-hour "super sale" last night, a spokesman said. The airline offered return flights to Sydney from $304, Melbourne from $284 and Brisbane from $286, including taxes, surcharges and levies.

Air New Zealand yesterday added Australian flights to its cut-price Grab a Seat website, with Auckland-Sydney flights from $132 one way.

They would do this after having booked flights back for CF, but for anyne wanting to do CF or Festival. Bugger for missing out on the Emerates deal though.

There is an LJ feed for the Air NZ grab a seat website, but I am not certain of the exact linkage.

Oh, pretty...

Very nice tablet weaving, including some gorgeous brocades (the way a large percentage of the extant Viking ones were done).