The US's Southwest Airlines is looking at a six-director Board revamp and its chairman will retire next year after recent meetings with hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has been pushing for management changes at the airline.
Ahead of a Q4 boost to Australian services, Philippines-based Cebu Pacific is celebrating its 10th anniversary of flying 'down under' with 'September Seat Sale' fares from A$199 one-way all-in from Melbourne to Manila and from A$209 one-way all-in ex Sydney.
Greece plans a EUR20 levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands to cut the risk of over-tourism in Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season.
Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, has been downgraded to a tropical depression after killing 21 people and damaging factories and other infrastructure in northern Vietnam before continuing its move west.
Australia's shadow transport minister Bridget McKenzie says a recent media article of hers does not support breaking up Qantas and its budget arm Jetstar.
Polish travel group eSky is buying Thomas Cook from current Chinese owner Fosun for GBP30 million.
US plane maker Boeing is offering some staff a 25 per cent pay rise over four years to avoid a strike that could shut down its assembly lines.
Dubai-based Emirates is dropping flights between Singapore and Melbourne, with the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) saying the airline has applied to terminate operations on the route and rely instead on its code-share with Qantas Group (Qantas and Jetstar) to handle demand.
In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam reported more than 11.4 million international tourists, led by South Koreans and Chinese and equal to a 45.8 per cent increase on the same period last year.
Almost all of Australia’s major airports face significant fallout from storms, floods, heat waves and high winds in coming years, the new Zurich-Mandala Climate Risk Index report says, with more than 90 per cent of Australia’s 31 busiest airports exposed to multiple high climate-related risks "with a very high level of impact”.
After killing 16 people in the northern Philippines, Asia’s strongest storm this year, Yagi, killed at least two more and injured 92 in Hainan, China on Friday, with about a million people in the country’s south forced to leave their homes as it triggered widespread power outages, paralysing the tourist island province.
The US is investigating major airlines to decide if they have unfairly devalued customers' frequent flier points.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the 2024 World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) will be themed 'Embracing Innovation and Technology for Safe and Efficient Operations' and take place 1-3 October 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco, hosted by Royal Air Maroc.
The US's Southwest Airlines is looking at a six-director Board revamp and its chairman will retire next year after recent meetings with hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has been pushing for management changes at the airline.
Ahead of a Q4 boost to Australian services, Philippines-based Cebu Pacific is celebrating its 10th anniversary of flying 'down under' with 'September Seat Sale' fares from A$199 one-way all-in from Melbourne to Manila and from A$209 one-way all-in ex Sydney.
Greece plans a EUR20 levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands to cut the risk of over-tourism in Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season.
Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, has been downgraded to a tropical depression after killing 21 people and damaging factories and other infrastructure in northern Vietnam before continuing its move west.
Australia's shadow transport minister Bridget McKenzie says a recent media article of hers does not support breaking up Qantas and its budget arm Jetstar.
Polish travel group eSky is buying Thomas Cook from current Chinese owner Fosun for GBP30 million.
US plane maker Boeing is offering some staff a 25 per cent pay rise over four years to avoid a strike that could shut down its assembly lines.
Dubai-based Emirates is dropping flights between Singapore and Melbourne, with the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) saying the airline has applied to terminate operations on the route and rely instead on its code-share with Qantas Group (Qantas and Jetstar) to handle demand.
In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam reported more than 11.4 million international tourists, led by South Koreans and Chinese and equal to a 45.8 per cent increase on the same period last year.
Almost all of Australia’s major airports face significant fallout from storms, floods, heat waves and high winds in coming years, the new Zurich-Mandala Climate Risk Index report says, with more than 90 per cent of Australia’s 31 busiest airports exposed to multiple high climate-related risks "with a very high level of impact”.
After killing 16 people in the northern Philippines, Asia’s strongest storm this year, Yagi, killed at least two more and injured 92 in Hainan, China on Friday, with about a million people in the country’s south forced to leave their homes as it triggered widespread power outages, paralysing the tourist island province.
The US is investigating major airlines to decide if they have unfairly devalued customers' frequent flier points.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the 2024 World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) will be themed 'Embracing Innovation and Technology for Safe and Efficient Operations' and take place 1-3 October 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco, hosted by Royal Air Maroc.
