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 Queensland’s capital was a shoo-in to snare the Games for 2032, it was still a bloody nice bit of news for Aussies to wake up to this morning.

There is no doubt that this man’s fave song would be Elton John’s “Rocket Man”. It’s probably his ringtone, too.

A few industry bigwigs joined Josh Frydenberg and leaders from some of Australia’s biggest businesses for a big brainstorm sesh on hastening the rollout of COVID jabs.

The crew member worked on five flights between major cities across three states while they were believed to be infectious.

The airline added a spate of extra flights and reintroduced several services to unrestricted destinations so Aussies booked to travel to NSW can still go on holiday to somewhere else.

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

We’re spoiling you on Travel Weekly today with a triple treat of news from Virgin.

This CEO list is a little bit on the predictable side, and not just because it’s full of white, middle-aged men.

If you thought the increase in stories about unruly passengers of late was just because we find them mildly entertaining, you’re only half right.

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.

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