Qantas seems to have a penchant for the Top End at the moment. This time, the flying kanga is boosting connectivity across northern Australia with a couple of new routes.

Passengers flying on Qantas’ regional services are set to get square eyes if this announcement is anything to go by.

Aussie airlines fared well in this year’s awards, but the accolade of top dog (or in this instance, top bird) went to an overseas carrier.

While the rest of the east coast remains in lockdown, Queenslanders now have even more opportunities to see the world-famous holiday destination. We’re not jealous at all.

The national carrier has been a busy bee of late, with new flights, a deal for ski bunnies and a very special lunar-themed flight complete with cosmic cocktails.

A plane full of repatriated Aussies have become the guinea pigs for Qantas’ first customer trial of the CommonPass digital health app.

Travel Weekly’s editor is so keen on getting to the snow this year that he’s started wearing his ski goggles and boots to work. He looks like an absolute idiot.

Forget the Qantas-Virgin rivalry and grab the popcorn for this one between the flying kangaroo and Rex.

The flying kangaroo has become even more flexible. However, that’s not to say you’ll find cabin crew constantly stretching their hamstrings and rolling their shoulders mid-flight.

There’s plenty to dissect in this story, so we hope you have your scalpel handy.

It’s a double dose of Qantas news today, folks. And, thankfully there’s no mention of a court case or redundancies.

This week’s Destination Wrap has some fab news for those keen to (eventually) get out of Australia, and for those who are quite happy to journey within it.