Headlines
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Fuel rises force Rex’s hand
Wednesday | Mar 23 2022REX Airlines has become the first Australian carrier to raise ticket prices in response to what it labels “spiralling fuel costs”.
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A first bite of the Apple
Wednesday | Mar 23 2022AIR New Zealand has announced it will debut non-stop flights to New York City from Auckland starting 17 Sep.
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Aviation footprint progress
Wednesday | Mar 23 2022THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has introduced a new industry-standard methodology to help travel agents and corporate travel managers better calculate the carbon footprint of flights.
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TTC confirms new structure
Tuesday | Mar 22 2022THE Travel Corporation (TTC) has today unveiled the leadership team for its reorganised TTC Tour Brands division in Australia (TD 04 Mar), with the restructure seeing the departure of long-time Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold Head of Sales, David Farrar, and Insight MD Karen Deveson.
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Bonza banks on Tamworth
Tuesday | Mar 22 2022BONZA has announced two new routes from Tamworth Regional Airport, marking the airline’s 17th destination.
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ScoMo delivers $60m
Tuesday | Mar 22 2022THE Federal Government has announced a new $60 million tourism funding package to help parts of Australia still licking their wounds from the two-year travel shutdown to recover faster.
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$75.5m more for survival
Monday | Mar 21 2022THE surprise announcement that the Government will release the remainder of the funds under the $258 million COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program (CTSP) will help support a “decimated sector that won’t see revenue return before late 2022,” according to AFTA, ATEC, CATO and CLIA.
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AWT polishes purpose plan
Monday | Mar 21 2022ADVENTURE World Travel (AWT) has unveiled a new brand identity this week, refreshing its logo and releasing a new Charter to better reflect its core mantra of “travelling with purpose”.
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New Qatar, Australia bilateral
Monday | Mar 21 2022A NEW Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering updated air services arrangements between Australia and Qatar is behind Qatar Airways’ recent addition of daily scheduled services between Brisbane and Doha (TD 04 Feb).
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Qld confirms cruise restart
Friday | Mar 18 2022QUEENSLAND is the first jurisdiction to confirm details of its cruise protocols, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk this morning confirming foreign cruise ships will be able to operate there effective from 02 Jun.