Aviation
Spritz of Australia: Qantas gets its own signature cocktail
The national carrier now has a delicious spritz available on its overseas flights, just in case you’re looking for a new way to get hammered at 36,000 feet.
Aviation
NEW ROUTE: Qantas to connect Melbourne and Delhi for the first time
The flying kangaroo celebrated its resumption of international flights from Melbourne by giving the Victorian capital a new way to travel to India.
Aviation
Air New Zealand cancels more than 1,000 trans-Tasman flights due to “continued border uncertainty”
In devastating news for thousands of holidaymakers across the trans-Tasman, Air NZ has pulled the pin on a large number of flights that were due to take off this year.
Aviation
Virgin Australia brings forward flights to Fiji
The airline wants to make up for lost time, having not flown internationally since relaunching under new ownership.
Aviation
Qantas outlines international restart strategy, as group suffers $1.7bn loss
by Huntley Mitchell
The national carrier has masked another massive full-year loss with some optimistic talk of international flights in the near future.
Technology
IATA Travel Pass the “green light” to fly internationally with Qantas and Jetstar
After trialling and testing a number of potential solutions, the Qantas Group has revealed what Aussies will need to get outta here and overseas.
Aviation
Virgin pushes back most short-haul international flights, as ScoMo refuses to guarantee quarantine-free travel in 2022
In what shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to you all, Virgin has followed Qantas in adjusting its international restart timeline.
Aviation
Federal government pauses flights from India due to unfolding COVID-19 catastrophe
As COVID continues to rear its ugly head in India, ScoMo has announced a number of new measures to protect Aussies from the virus.
Aviation
Qantas still committed to October restart for international flights, says Joyce
Qantas’ CEO doesn’t plan on letting a few vaccine “speedbumps” get in the way of the flying kangaroo going international in October.
Aviation
Signed, sealed, delivered: ACCC authorises Virgin’s cooperation plan with Alliance Airlines
by Huntley Mitchell
Did you recently happen to see ACCC tsar Rod Sims popping some mail in your local AusPost box? All is explained here.
Aviation
Qantas trials digital health pass with passengers, launches new Newcastle-Melbourne route
A plane full of repatriated Aussies have become the guinea pigs for Qantas’ first customer trial of the CommonPass digital health app.
Destinations
Aussie states and territories restrict NZ arrivals after Auckland declared a Commonwealth hotspot
by Huntley Mitchell
The trans-Tasman travel plans of Kiwis have once again been thrown into disarray thanks to a concerning COVID cluster in Auckland.