News
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BA extends MCT
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023BRITISH Airways is extending its Minimum Connecting Time (MCT) for flights at London Heathrow Airport from 60 minutes to 75 minutes effective Jan 2024.
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Slides deployed on Hong Kong flight
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023SEVERAL passengers are believed to have been injured in an incident at Hong Kong International Airport last weekend, when a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 aborted a take-off.
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UAE gender alert
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023TRAVEL advisors are being urged to ensure that any clients who identify as gender-neutral by having an “X” in their passport do not travel via Dubai or Abu Dhabi.
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QF holiday upswing
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023QANTAS Group is predicting that more than four million pax will jump aboard its Qantas and Jetstar flights over the upcoming school holiday period.
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Bunnik unveils Austria/Slovenia tour
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023BUNNIK Tours has launched new short tours of Austria and Slovenia, offering explorations that focus on the countries’ imperial architecture, alpine areas, villages, and lakes.
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TK adds EY c’share
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023TURKISH Airlines will add its TK code to Etihad flights from Melbourne and Sydney to Abu Dhabi next month, with GDS screens indicating the new codeshares will start 06 Jul.
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Airbus’ VR edge
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023AIRBUS is now offering airlines the chance to design their cabin interiors virtually, through its new mixed reality technology.
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ETG deal benefit
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023EXPRESS Travel Group is likely to benefit from Helloworld’s “more structured and sophisticated approach” to digitalisation, software development, marketing and sales, according to the Independent Experts report into the proposed ETG acquisition.
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HLO board pro deal
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023EACH of the Directors of Helloworld Travel Limited – including major shareholders Andrew and Cinzia Burnes – intend to vote all of the firm’s shares held or controlled by them in favour of the resolution to be put at the upcoming Extraordinary General Meeting, convened to consider the proposed acquisition of Express Travel Group (see p1).
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$2m override boost
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023HELLOWORLD Travel expects to increase its override commission by about $2m annually if it receives payments from the acquired Express Travel Group TTV in line with existing HLO contracts.