Qantas soars back into profit as travel explodes
Tourism is back in a big way with Qantas crediting strong travel demand for putting the airline on course to a huge half-year profit.
Tourism is back in a big way with Qantas crediting strong travel demand for putting the airline on course to a huge half-year profit.
Voiced by actor Rose Byrne, Ruby the Roo will bound on to billboards across the world to build anticipation for Tourism Australia’s latest global campaign.
The likelihood of a third year of La Nina has east coast tourism operators worried as the NT and WA look to lure holiday-makers away.
After ten years of neglect, two jets owned by Clive Palmer have been given a new lease of life as training aircraft for engineers.
Chaos and queuing at Australian airports is set to get worse with ground handlers now threatening industrial action at major gateways.
After a slow start, international travel has taken off at a thundering pace with Bali blitzing all other destinations.
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Australia’s first international tourists in two years have been given a rapturous welcome at airports as the last barriers to travel came down.
The imminent return of international tourists is giving tourism operators something to cheer about after a lean two-years.
Qantas’s own Captain Santa is preparing to hang up his wings but not the red suit after his final Christmas flight on Saturday.
Queensland’s border has opened and closed multiple times in the last 2 years but this time it ‘felt real’.
Sydney International Airport’s arrivals hall transformed from a lifeless empty space to one heaving with humanity after borders opened to fully vaccinated returning Aussies on Monday.
Tourism leaders fear operators will struggle to survive until vaccination rates rise high enough for borders to reopen.
A bizarre court case over the use of an aircraft hangar has left a far north Queensland council red-faced.
A new airline in the making is banking on a tiny US territory becoming Australia’s new Bali.
Australia’s aviation safety regulator will open the door to pets travelling in aircraft cabins later this year, leaving the decision in the hands of airlines.
Vaccinations are not needed for the resumption of cruising in Australia, infectious disease expert says.
A bounce back in tourism-related stocks is fading and the ‘shorts’ are moving in.
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