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Record profit for Qatar Airways

: Health & Leisure; Friday, 07 July 2023

Qatar Airways Group reported a net profit of QAR 4.4 billion (US$ 1.21 billion) during the fiscal year 2022/23.

New research manager for BEA

: MICE News; Friday, 07 July 2023

Dr Tamara Gray (Leclercq) has been appointed research manager for Business Events Adelaide (BEA).
Gray (pictured right) was most recently operational lead for Adelaide BioMed City.
Gray holds a PhD in Biochemistry. She moved into research management in Precision Cancer Medicine at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).

Vietjet adds Australia capacity

: BTN News; Thursday, 06 July 2023

Vietnam's Vietjet will increase the frequency of direct flights to and from Australia from 20 to 34 flights per week from December 2023, including daily return flights for the Ho Chi Minh City–Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh City–Sydney city pairs and three times a week flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Brisbane.

jetBlue terminates AA alliance

: BTN News; Thursday, 06 July 2023

The USA's JetBlue Airways is to comply with a court order to terminate its alliance with American Airlines (AA) from July 29 in order to 'protect' a planned US$3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines.

Jetstar adding another to Seoul

: BTN News; Thursday, 06 July 2023

Australia's Jetstar is upgrading its three-times-weekly flights from Sydney to the South Korean capital of Seoul to four a week from February 5th, 2024.

Lee-Müller awarded Medal of Honour

: MICE News; Thursday, 06 July 2023

Monica Lee-Müller (pictured), managing director of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited (HML), has been awarded the Medal of Honour 2023 in recognition of her contribution to the development of the convention and exhibition industry in Hong Kong. She was president of UFI for the 2011-2022 term and is an executive committee member of the Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry Association.

USA issues China travel warnings

: BTN News; Thursday, 06 July 2023

The US State Department has reissued travel warnings for China.

Facial recognition tech being used without permissions

: MICE News; Wednesday, 05 July 2023

A new investigation from consumer advocacy group Choice has revealed facial recognition technology is being used at a number of major Australian stadiums, often without people’s knowledge or consent.

Virgin Australia suspends two ex-Adelaide flights

: BTN News; Wednesday, 05 July 2023

Citing low demand, Virgin Australia is suspending direct Adelaide-Darwin and Adelaide-Cairns flights from October for five months.

US domestics report holiday delays and cancellations

: BTN News; Wednesday, 05 July 2023

Storms and staff shortages hit US airlines over the US July 4 holiday period, with more than 63,000 flights - about 30 per cent of scheduled services - delayed between June 24 and July 2 and more than 9,000 cancelled.