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Airport operator MAp Airports Ltd has reported Thursday that Sydney Airport saw a spike in domestic travellers which lifted the terminal’s overall passenger numbers by 6.4 percent in April, with the local passengers’ traffic jumping by 8.6 percent while international travellers contributed a bit with 1.5 percent increase.

Jetset Travelworld Ltd has announced plans to merge with Stella Travel Services Holdings as respective boards of the two travel companies have agreed on a conditional merger deal with Qantas Airways, Jetset’s majority shareholder, giving its thumbs up for the planned merger.

Transport company Asciano Group has revealed Tuesday that it is set to book impairment charges of up to $1.1 billion by the second half of fiscal year 2010 following recommendations from its internal audit and risk committee, even as the company has reaffirmed its earning guidance of close to $700 million for the full year 2009/10.

The Melbourne government is set to collect about $125,000 in compensation from the city’s train operator Metro, as it again failed to meet its punctuality target for the month of April, with only 84.5 percent of trains running on time, which is just 3.5 percent shy of meeting its 88 percent goal, that would have allowed the company to write off the fine.