Malaysia-based AirAsia X has launched a Boxing Day sale, with fares on sale until January 8, 2023 for travel between March 2023 and March 2024 and with fares from A$209 from Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Perth to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sister airline Thai AirAsia X from Sydney and Melbourne to Bangkok start from A$429 and A$439 respectively for the same travel period.
Thousands more US flights were cancelled from Boxing day and president Biden approved emergency aid for parts of New York state as dangerously cold temperatures continued over a wide area of the US and Canada. The massive winter storm had left more than 60 dead by December 27.
USA-based Boeing has resumed flight testing of its 777X jets after a pause caused by a GE engine issue.
Subject to approvals, Malaysia Airlines and Saudia will code share to enable increased cooperation and seamless connections between the two airlines and allow passengers in their countries to enjoy more travel options as their networks become more integrated.
US carriers cancelled more than 5,000 US flights from Wednesday through Friday on the runup to Xmas, according to tracking site FlightAware.
More than 2,350 US flights were cancelled Thursday and another 2,120 flights for Friday were scrapped, while passenger railroad Amtrak cancelled dozens of trains, disrupting holiday travel for tens of thousands.
Bankrupt Scandinavian airline SAS is planning for a strong northern summer travel season next year despite a US$48 million loss on $270 million in revenue in November, according to its monthly filing with a US bankruptcy court.
Taiwan's China Airlines will cut travel agent commissions in Australia from five to two per cent from February 1 2023.
The change will apply to all of the carrier’s 297 tickets, both one-way and return issued in Australia.
Doha-headquartered Qatar Airways is adding three flights a week to Edinburgh, Scotland from February, up from seven now.
It also flies to the UK's London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester.
Edinburgh airport says it's also expecting a record northern summer of flights to North America.
In Australia, Qantas shares are roughly 20 per cent higher than they were in January 2022, but still lower than the 2019 high of more than A$7.
Saudi Arabian airline flynas has taken delivery of two used Airbus A330-300s that flew for Turkish Airlines.
Both will enter service in March 2023 and be configured in line with the airline’s low-cost operating model.
Australia's Helloworld Travel has appointed Renee Nightingale as its head of Branded and Associate Networks in Australia.
She starts in February and replaces Julie Primmer.
From late March next year, Australia's Qantas is deploying its A330s on about half of its Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth flights. Its fleet has 28 Airbus A330s, 18 -200s and 10 -300s, and about 10 of them will fly the longer Australian routes, while its 80 single-aisle B737s will handle the other domestic routes and occasionally fly to Indonesia.
While many people are dusting off their passports, not every nation is crazy about travel.
More than one-third of Japan residents don't plan to travel for leisure ever again, and neither do 15 per cent of South Koreans and 10 per cent of the French.
More than 16,000 adults in the Americas, Europe and Asia were asked about their intentions for the Morning Consult 2022 State of Travel and Hospitality report.
The report also says business travel has taken a hit, with employees opting to communicate on line. It says the drop in business trips is likely to be permanent, particularly for Europeans.
Malaysia-based AirAsia X has launched a Boxing Day sale, with fares on sale until January 8, 2023 for travel between March 2023 and March 2024 and with fares from A$209 from Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Perth to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sister airline Thai AirAsia X from Sydney and Melbourne to Bangkok start from A$429 and A$439 respectively for the same travel period.
Thousands more US flights were cancelled from Boxing day and president Biden approved emergency aid for parts of New York state as dangerously cold temperatures continued over a wide area of the US and Canada. The massive winter storm had left more than 60 dead by December 27.
USA-based Boeing has resumed flight testing of its 777X jets after a pause caused by a GE engine issue.
Subject to approvals, Malaysia Airlines and Saudia will code share to enable increased cooperation and seamless connections between the two airlines and allow passengers in their countries to enjoy more travel options as their networks become more integrated.
US carriers cancelled more than 5,000 US flights from Wednesday through Friday on the runup to Xmas, according to tracking site FlightAware.
More than 2,350 US flights were cancelled Thursday and another 2,120 flights for Friday were scrapped, while passenger railroad Amtrak cancelled dozens of trains, disrupting holiday travel for tens of thousands.
Bankrupt Scandinavian airline SAS is planning for a strong northern summer travel season next year despite a US$48 million loss on $270 million in revenue in November, according to its monthly filing with a US bankruptcy court.
Taiwan's China Airlines will cut travel agent commissions in Australia from five to two per cent from February 1 2023.
The change will apply to all of the carrier’s 297 tickets, both one-way and return issued in Australia.
Doha-headquartered Qatar Airways is adding three flights a week to Edinburgh, Scotland from February, up from seven now.
It also flies to the UK's London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester.
Edinburgh airport says it's also expecting a record northern summer of flights to North America.
In Australia, Qantas shares are roughly 20 per cent higher than they were in January 2022, but still lower than the 2019 high of more than A$7.
Saudi Arabian airline flynas has taken delivery of two used Airbus A330-300s that flew for Turkish Airlines.
Both will enter service in March 2023 and be configured in line with the airline’s low-cost operating model.
Australia's Helloworld Travel has appointed Renee Nightingale as its head of Branded and Associate Networks in Australia.
She starts in February and replaces Julie Primmer.
From late March next year, Australia's Qantas is deploying its A330s on about half of its Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth flights. Its fleet has 28 Airbus A330s, 18 -200s and 10 -300s, and about 10 of them will fly the longer Australian routes, while its 80 single-aisle B737s will handle the other domestic routes and occasionally fly to Indonesia.
While many people are dusting off their passports, not every nation is crazy about travel.
More than one-third of Japan residents don't plan to travel for leisure ever again, and neither do 15 per cent of South Koreans and 10 per cent of the French.
More than 16,000 adults in the Americas, Europe and Asia were asked about their intentions for the Morning Consult 2022 State of Travel and Hospitality report.
The report also says business travel has taken a hit, with employees opting to communicate on line. It says the drop in business trips is likely to be permanent, particularly for Europeans.
