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Global DMC highlights emerging MICE destinations

: MICE News; Sunday, 15 October 2023

Global DMC Partners has released its 2023 Global Destination Index of popular meeting and incentive destinations around the world.

The listing was compiled based on both booked and pending business across GDP's DMC partners world wide.

Star Alliance opens second Charles de Gaulle lounge

: BTN News; Sunday, 15 October 2023

Star Alliance has opened a second lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport, France.
Eligible first and business class passengers and Star Alliance Gold status customers on member airline flights departing from gates 10 to 38 in Terminal 1, plus United Club and Air Canada Maple Leaf Club members may also access the lounge.

Airline passengers heavier than ever and need bigger seats - study

: BTN News; Sunday, 15 October 2023

Airlines in Australia (and elsewhere) are carrying heavier passengers, adding about three kilos per average passenger every 10 years, according to a new study of 20,000 adults by the University of South Australia, Transport for NSW and Victoria's Transport Department.

Some repatriation flights leave Israel

: BTN News; Sunday, 15 October 2023

Two attempts by the UK government late last week to organise flights to repatriate British nationals from Israel failed due to the Israel-Hamas conflict, sources say.

Eurostar to face Spanish competitor

: BTN News; Sunday, 15 October 2023

Spanish rail company Evolyn has announced 2025 plans to launch a Paris to London high-speed train service to rival Eurostar, having agreed to buy 12 high-speed trains from the French train manufacturer Alstom.

Australia starts, stops repatriation flights from Israel

: BTN News; Sunday, 15 October 2023

Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong has urged Australians who want to leave Israel to do so as soon as possible, but the government has had to stop or at least temporarily pause its repatriation flights schedule.

Senate inquiry into Doha 'assault' focused too much on Qantas, 'victims' say

: BTN News; Saturday, 14 October 2023

Australian women involved in a lawsuit against Qatar Airways have criticised an Australian Senate report into the airline’s failed application for extra flights to the country, saying the investigation failed to hold the Qatari carrier to account and focused too much on the role played by Qantas and its then ceo Alan Joyce.

TAAG inks Boeing deal

: BTN News; Saturday, 14 October 2023

US plane maker Boeing says Taag Angola Airlines is ordering two B787-9s and two B787-10s, with deliveries to begin in 2024.

Turkish Air still in growth mode

: BTN News; Thursday, 12 October 2023

With network growth still a priority (Australian services from Istanbul to Sydney and Melbourne via Singapore are among new services likely next year), Turkish Air is reporting a 9.2 per cent increase in passengers carried in September at 7.9 million and an 18.6 per cent increase in the total number of passengers carried in the first nine months of the calendar year at 63.9 million when compared to the corresponding period in 2022.

Australia's aviation rules ready for 'a shakeup'

: BTN News; Thursday, 12 October 2023

With a new ceo and a chairman who's standing down late next year, flag carrier Qantas is in the news in Australia, but moves by the government there could prompt significant changes that affect travellers to and from the country as well as domestically.