Skroo’s stress ball has scored a well-earned break after Flight Centre managed to secure some much-needed funding.

The travel giant has warned that tens of thousands of jobs in the industry will be lost if the government does not extend JobKeeper.

This week’s Agent Wrap is best accompanied by a mid-range bottle of red and a big, greasy pizza. Well, at least that’s what Travel Weekly’s journo was accompanied by while writing this.

Flight Centre has ended up in a legal stoush with a blind man in the US who claims the company’s website is inaccessible to people with visual impairments.

After a tumultuous few days for Flight Centre, “Skroo” finally has a couple of things to smile about.

The move comes as the ACCC threatened to take the company to court, and hundreds of consumers indicated a class action might be on the way.

And, in other news, a woman from the UK threatened to sit in her travel agent’s window in a swimsuit if she did not receive a refund. We’re not joking.

The move is part of a detailed package of initiatives designed to strengthen the company’s balance sheet and liquidity position amid the COVID-19 crisis.

While the uncertain future of Virgin Australia has stolen most of the spotlight amid the COVID-19 crisis, speculation surrounding its fierce rival is now heating up.

Major changes at Flight Centre continue apace. Get up to speed with everything that is going down at the travel behemoth.

The company will initially retain up to 70 per cent of its global workforce as a result of this new plan. However, its Aussie arm faces some big cuts.

Flight Centre boss Graham “Skroo” Turner has penned an update on how the company is responding to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.