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January passenger totals on the up - ACI

: BTN News; Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Airports Council International (ACI) World has reported global passenger traffic was up 4.9 per cent in January 2018 on a year-over-year basis.

Grab takes over Uber’s south-east Asia operations

: BTN News; Monday, 26 March 2018

Transport and food package delivery company Grab has acquired Uber's south-east Asia operations.

Craig wins top BET job

: BTN News; Monday, 26 March 2018

Marnie Craig has been appointed chief executive of Business Events Tasmania (BET), replacing Stuart Nettlefold.

Bali keeps its Easter crown

: Health & Leisure; Monday, 26 March 2018

Bali still is the most popular Easter destination for Australian travellers, according to on-line booking platform agoda.

Scoot releases ex-Australia Europe series

: Health & Leisure; Monday, 26 March 2018

Singapore Airlines subsidiary Scoot has released one-way fares to Athens from A$319 (ex Perth) and A$329 to Berlin* (FLY fare including taxes, but bags and food extra) ex Perth. Ex Gold Coast pay A$339 one way to Athens and A$359 to Berlin, ex Sydney, Athens is from A$349 and Berlin from A$369 and from Melbourne it's from A$359 to Athens and A$379 to Berlin.

Solomon Islands visitor numbers increase

: BTN News; Sunday, 25 March 2018

Solomon Islands has surpassed the 25,000 international visitor mark for the first time since numbers were first recorded in 1990.

Gold Coast to host 2020 Global Wave Conference

: MICE News; Sunday, 25 March 2018

Australia’s Gold Coast in Queensland will host a major surfing conference in 2020, attracting up to 400 delegates from around the world.

UK's falling outbound business travel market blamed for lower figures

: BTN News; Sunday, 25 March 2018

A fall in the number of business trips (by 14 per cent) has skewed outbound travel figures for the UK, which were down year-on-year in November and December 2017 compared to 2016.

Ryanair backflips on Ukraine decision

: BTN News; Sunday, 25 March 2018

Ireland's Ryanair has backflipped on its decision not to fly to Ukraine and will introduce 10 routes from Kiev’s Boryspil International and serve five destinations from Lviv in northern winter 2018/19.

First Perth-London direct flight lands early

: BTN News; Sunday, 25 March 2018

Australia's Qantas says its experience operating the Boeing 787-9 on the Australia-USA route is standing it in good stead for its new non-stop service between Perth and London, UK (the first of which touched down ahead of time in London on March 25).

AirAsia 'going digital'

: BTN News; Sunday, 25 March 2018

Malaysia's AirAsia is revamping itself to become asset-light and digitally focused, hoping to offset risks to earnings from the cyclical airline business.