Tonga to upgrade airport
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
Australian travellers to Tonga are set to benefit from the opening of the country’s largest international airport.
UK passengers to pay more for long haul flights?
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
UK chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to revise the country's air passenger duty (APD) bands in his Autumn Budget this week, perhaps penalising long-haul passengers and lightening the burden on short-haul.
Court denies Lot's move on Air Berlin
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
In Europe, the EU General Court has dismissed a legal challenge by Poland's Lot airline to Lufthansa and easyJet acquiring insolvent German carrier Air Berlin’s assets.
UK government 'allowing Covid test ripoffs'
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
The UK government has been accused of allowing companies offering Covid lateral flow tests to gouge their customers, with some charging 10 times - or more - the promised cheap price.
Aircraft lessors 'becoming creative'
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
Commentators say the pandemic has prompted aircraft lessors to become more creative, with some offering pay-per-flight deals, with airlines only paying the lessor when the plane is flying.
New cheap rail fares for London-Edinburgh run
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 25 October 2021
London to Edinburgh, UK budget rail startup Lumo is offering one-way fares from GBP14.99 (with 60 per cent of tickets priced at GBP30 or less) compared to nearly GBP80 on competitor LNER.
Victoria scraps quarantine for Australians
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
In Australia, Victoria will scrap quarantine for fully-vaccinated Australians arriving from November 1 and Qantas says flights from Sydney to Singapore, Bangkok, Phuket, Johannesburg and Fiji will resume ahead of its earlier schedule.
Victoria reopens on November 1
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
The Australian state of Victoria will allow fully-vaccinated Australians to enter the state from November 1 with no quarantine requirements.
Qantas flags 'more international destinations sooner'
- BTN News
- Sunday, 24 October 2021
Australia's Qantas says it is bringing forward plans to restart flights to many destinations and will bring back two A380s amid "massive demand" for international flights. All 11,000 staff currently 'at home' will return to work by early December.
Southwest on hiring spree
- BTN News
- Sunday, 24 October 2021
The USA's Southwest Air says its run of cancellations a few weeks ago cost it US$75 million as well as wrecking the travel plans of tens of thousands of its customers.
Euro AIDS meet set for late October
- MICE News
- Friday, 22 October 2021
The European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) will hold the 18th European AIDS Conference (EAC) in both on-line and face-to-face formats at the ICC, ExCeL in London, UK from October 27-30.
BA signs Kenya Air code share
- Health & Leisure
- Friday, 22 October 2021
British Airways has inked a new code-share agreement with Kenya Airways, allowing its customers flying to Nairobi to seamlessly connect to 20 destinations across East and Central Africa, including Douala, Zanzibar, Lusaka, Mombasa, Addis Ababa and Entebbe, as well as offering more options to get to Mauritius and Seychelles.
Courtyard by Marriott coming to WA
- Health & Leisure
- Friday, 22 October 2021
Marriott International is to introduce the Courtyard by Marriott brand to Perth, Western Australia.
Tonga to upgrade airport
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
Australian travellers to Tonga are set to benefit from the opening of the country’s largest international airport.
UK passengers to pay more for long haul flights?
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
UK chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to revise the country's air passenger duty (APD) bands in his Autumn Budget this week, perhaps penalising long-haul passengers and lightening the burden on short-haul.
Court denies Lot's move on Air Berlin
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
In Europe, the EU General Court has dismissed a legal challenge by Poland's Lot airline to Lufthansa and easyJet acquiring insolvent German carrier Air Berlin’s assets.
UK government 'allowing Covid test ripoffs'
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
The UK government has been accused of allowing companies offering Covid lateral flow tests to gouge their customers, with some charging 10 times - or more - the promised cheap price.
Aircraft lessors 'becoming creative'
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
Commentators say the pandemic has prompted aircraft lessors to become more creative, with some offering pay-per-flight deals, with airlines only paying the lessor when the plane is flying.
New cheap rail fares for London-Edinburgh run
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 25 October 2021
London to Edinburgh, UK budget rail startup Lumo is offering one-way fares from GBP14.99 (with 60 per cent of tickets priced at GBP30 or less) compared to nearly GBP80 on competitor LNER.
Victoria scraps quarantine for Australians
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
In Australia, Victoria will scrap quarantine for fully-vaccinated Australians arriving from November 1 and Qantas says flights from Sydney to Singapore, Bangkok, Phuket, Johannesburg and Fiji will resume ahead of its earlier schedule.
Victoria reopens on November 1
- BTN News
- Monday, 25 October 2021
The Australian state of Victoria will allow fully-vaccinated Australians to enter the state from November 1 with no quarantine requirements.
Qantas flags 'more international destinations sooner'
- BTN News
- Sunday, 24 October 2021
Australia's Qantas says it is bringing forward plans to restart flights to many destinations and will bring back two A380s amid "massive demand" for international flights. All 11,000 staff currently 'at home' will return to work by early December.
Southwest on hiring spree
- BTN News
- Sunday, 24 October 2021
The USA's Southwest Air says its run of cancellations a few weeks ago cost it US$75 million as well as wrecking the travel plans of tens of thousands of its customers.
Euro AIDS meet set for late October
- MICE News
- Friday, 22 October 2021
The European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) will hold the 18th European AIDS Conference (EAC) in both on-line and face-to-face formats at the ICC, ExCeL in London, UK from October 27-30.
BA signs Kenya Air code share
- Health & Leisure
- Friday, 22 October 2021
British Airways has inked a new code-share agreement with Kenya Airways, allowing its customers flying to Nairobi to seamlessly connect to 20 destinations across East and Central Africa, including Douala, Zanzibar, Lusaka, Mombasa, Addis Ababa and Entebbe, as well as offering more options to get to Mauritius and Seychelles.
Courtyard by Marriott coming to WA
- Health & Leisure
- Friday, 22 October 2021
Marriott International is to introduce the Courtyard by Marriott brand to Perth, Western Australia.
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