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When a 565 per cent profit growth just isn’t enough

Investors can thank Australians re-engaging with the wanderlust they have traditionally been known for, coupled with the tail end of revenge travel.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Flight Centre boss Graham Turner.

Flight Centre swings back to profit, sees airfares falling

Flight Centre boss Graham Turner doubled down on his criticism of the Albanese government for blocking Qatar Airways from adding more flights to Australia.

  • Amelia McGuire
Flight Centre chief exeuctive Graham “Skroo” Turner has hit out at the government’s decision to reject Qatar Airways’s application for extra flights to Australia.

Flight Centre boss warns ‘ridiculous’ Qatar Airways decision will keep fares high

Graham “Skroo” Turner has accused the government of deliberately keeping airfares high while Sydney Airport’s boss Geoff Culbert warns airlines against slot hoarding.

  • Amelia McGuire
Flight Centre CEO Graham Turner.

No performing animals in Flight Centre’s sustainability push

Despite participating in three Running of the Bulls himself, Flight Centre CEO Graham Turner says those sorts of events are now struck from tour itineraries.

  • Tim Boreham
Flight Centre chief executive Graham Turner.

After years of chaos, can travel agent Flight Centre stick the landing?

Given the level of tourism volatility and rocketing flight prices, is it worth backing the traditional travel agency?

  • Amelia McGuire
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has already prompted the return of some international travel restrictions.

Omicron threatens travel recovery as holidaymakers hit pause

The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has rattled the travel industry and threatens to set back its pandemic recovery just as airlines, agents and tourism operators were preparing for a summer without border restrictions or quarantine.   

  • Patrick Hatch
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Flight Centre CEO Graham Turner says consistent border policy should be the chief priority.

‘Can’t blame just the Queensland Premier’: Skroo backs Palaszczuk’s Tokyo trip

The Flight Centre boss and outspoken critic of travel bans says calls for the Premier to be grounded after advocating for arrival caps is a conflation of issues and could hurt SEQ.

  • Matt Dennien
Graham and Matt Turner: "Dad was supportive and not offering too much advice, just wanting to let me do my own thing."

The business cycle: how Flight Centre's Graham Turner helped son Matt pedal to success

Graham Turner, whose Flight Centre enterprise has been hit hard by COVID turbulence, has watched his son Matt's cycling retailer business 99 Bikes take off during the pandemic. They've supported each other through the ups and downs.

  • Anne Hyland
Flight Centre CEO Graham Turner has said job losses would be "inevitable" in the current environment.

Flight Centre warns of 'inevitable' job losses as travel ban accelerates cost cutting

Flight Centre has accelerated its plans for a business-wide cost savings review in light of the government's unprecedented ban on international travel.

  • Dominic Powell
Flight Centre founder Graham Turner is looking for a silver lining to the company's results.

Flight Centre slashes guidance, faces underpayment claim

The company slashed its underlying profit guidance by 14 per cent on weaker than expected travel bookings in its Australian business.

  • Sarah Danckert

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