Headlines
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Flight Centre reboots shops
Monday | Oct 31 2022FLIGHT Centre Travel Group will reopen 35 of its key red and white branded stores across the country in the coming months, after the pandemic forced a significant proportion of its Australian network into hibernation in 2020.
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DFAT ramps up passports
Monday | Oct 31 2022THE Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has implemented a range of measures to meet forecast continued high demand for passports, after seeing a massive jump in requests which meant it missed processing targets between Apr and Jun this year.
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Flydubai appoints GSA
Monday | Oct 31 2022DUBAI-BASED low cost carrier flydubai has announced the appointment of Aviation Online as its new General Sales Agent in Australia, NZ and the Pacific.
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Terry new CEO for SATC
Friday | Oct 28 2022TOURISM Tasmania’s Emma Terry has been confirmed as the new CEO of the South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC) this morning (TD breaking news).
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Switzerland on recovery track
Friday | Oct 28 2022AUSTRALIA is performing particularly well in terms of the return of travel to Switzerland, with Switzerland Tourism’s Head of Markets, Simon Bosshart yesterday revealing figures estimating that by the end of the year Aussie overnight stays there will be back to 60% of 2019 levels.
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CTM: recovery held back
Friday | Oct 28 2022CORPORATE travel demand remains strong, but the current inadequate airline capacity and reliability issues are holding back a faster recovery, according to an update from Corporate Travel Management Ltd (CTM) yesterday.
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Bonza pledges agent support
Thursday | Oct 27 2022FLEDGLING Australian low-cost carrier Bonza Airlines has confirmed that travel agents will play a key role in its distribution strategy – particularly in the regional communities the carrier is targeting for its launch routes.
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Sustainability now crucial
Thursday | Oct 27 2022A strong majority (90%) of consumers now look for sustainable options when travelling, while half of them would be willing to pay more for sustainable transportation, activities and lodging options.
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QF international back on top
Thursday | Oct 27 2022QANTAS was the biggest international carrier operating in Australia during Aug, according to new figures released by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics.
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Sustainability in the air
Thursday | Oct 27 2022AIR New Zealand has released details of how the airline is tracking on its sustainability targets, with CEO Greg Foran and Board Chair Dame Therese Walsh noting that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is “the single biggest decarbonisation lever we can pull”.