Headlines
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Virgin Atlantic cuts back
Wednesday | May 6 2020VIRGIN Atlantic has announced plans to lay off more than 3,150 staff across all functions of the business in a bid to ensure it can emerge from the COVID-19 crisis in a recoverable position.
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QF updates credit offer
Tuesday | May 5 2020QANTAS is modifying its systems to allow users with flight credits to redeem them across multiple future bookings.
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Spending drop bottoms
Tuesday | May 5 2020THE relaxation of stay-at-home orders is seen as key to initiating a recovery in consumer spending on travel, which has bottomed out for the last three periods covered by Travel Daily’s exclusive News Corp Australia index (pictured).
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Travel class action planned
Tuesday | May 5 2020LAW firm Slater & Gordon is soliciting input from consumers whose travel plans have been impacted due to COVID-19 and were then provided with a credit voucher rather than a refund.
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Flight Centre “on target”
Monday | May 4 2020FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) today said it was making “significant progress” in reducing its cost base, with reductions to be implemented at less than the $210 million in one-off costs originally anticipated (TD 06 Apr).
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Travel top recovery priority
Monday | May 4 2020MORE than 60% of consumers plan to spend their money on travel to “make up for lost time” after the world recovers from COVID-19.
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FCTG backflips on fees
Monday | May 4 2020FLIGHT Centre’s announcement that it will waive cancellation fees for COVID-19 affected travel (TD breaking news Sat) has been welcomed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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travelBulletin May out!
Monday | May 4 2020THE latest issue of travelBulletin is out, focusing on the industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the role agents will play.
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HLO COVID-19 survival plan
Friday | May 1 2020HELLOWORLD Travel Limited has battened down the hatches, significantly cutting expenses amid expectations that its TTV will be down 95% until Sep this year (TD breaking news).
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Aeronology TravelSky deal
Friday | May 1 2020MELBOURNE-BASED travel technology firm Aeronology has announced a new global API/GDS distribution relationship with China’s TravelSky.