Located just a six-hour flight from Brisbane, this tropical island has high hopes of becoming the new Bali once it’s able to establish a travel bubble with Australia.

No, we’re not messing with you – there is a new Aussie airline in the works called Brad. However, its chances of leaving the tarmac are looking slim.

And, to make matters even more complicated, the airline is expecting a couple more aircraft to join its domestic fleet very soon.

Rumour has it Rex is also mulling an incentive out of fear that anti-vaxxers boycotting both Qantas and Virgin will swarm its flights.

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner bit the dust at Heathrow Airport over the weekend, injuring two and causing damage to both the plane’s nose and ego.

Our deputy editor was relieved to learn the tech difficulties she has been experiencing were caused by a mass outage and not all the coffee and cookie crumbs she spilled on her keyboard.

The airline’s bean counters have been forced to revisit their FY21 guidance with a red pen.

Meanwhile, mooted retirement presents for John MacLeod included a Big Mouth Billy Bass singing fish and a day clock.

One need only observe the courier’s daily visits to Travel Weekly’s office to realise that our editor bloody loves a sale.

We reckon this skillful effort deserves an inclusion in the next highlights reel on ESPN’s SportsCenter.

There’s been some moving and shaking over at Air New Zealand HQ, and we’re not talking about the airline’s intra-office Zumba class.

Travel Weekly’s editor has opted to enjoy next week’s Origin opener on the couch with a keg and a tray of party pies. Don’t judge.