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Virgin Australia announces fleet upgrade

: BTN News; Sunday, 09 July 2023

Virgin Australia is to upgrade its fleet by refurbishing the cabins of its existing B737s and adding eight B737-8s and 25 B737-10s.

Turkish adds Detroit direct route

: BTN News; Sunday, 09 July 2023

Turkey's Turkish Airlines has started selling tickets for a new three-times-weekly direct service between its Istanbul base and Detroit, USA.

Qantas adds Swift flights

: BTN News; Sunday, 09 July 2023

Australia's Qantas will add more than 60 additional flights between Melbourne and Sydney to help manage demand for singer Taylor Swift’s 'Eras Tour' and also will upgrade some trans-Tasman services from a Boeing 737 to an A330, with the extra flights scheduled between February 15 and February 27, 2024.

May domestic travel continued its climb - IATA

: BTN News; Friday, 07 July 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says there was continued strong growth in air travel demand in May, up 39.1 per cent compared to May 2022.

Newcastle Airport upgrades international facilities

: BTN News; Friday, 07 July 2023

Australia's Newcastle Airport is using A$55 million of federal funding for its multi-million-dollar international terminal upgrade project.

Qantas launches international flight sale

: BTN News; Friday, 07 July 2023

Australia's Qantas has launched a short-term international flight sale that includes economy and business-class fares to New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, Samoa, South Korea and more, with economy fares starting from A$549 return.

IATA set for annual 'Track Zero' reports

: BTN News; Friday, 07 July 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will publish an annual 'Track Zero' report using its own Net Zero Tracking Methodology to report industry-level progress towards aviation’s commitment to Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Sabre buys Techsembly

: BTN News; Friday, 07 July 2023

Software and technology company Sabre Corp has confirmed the acquisition of hospitality e-commerce provider Techsembly.

Joyn takes over at Arinex

: MICE News; Friday, 07 July 2023

Event technology platform Joyn has acquired Australian-owned event management company Arinex.

Record profit for Qatar Airways

: Health & Leisure; Friday, 07 July 2023

Qatar Airways Group reported a net profit of QAR 4.4 billion (US$ 1.21 billion) during the fiscal year 2022/23.

New research manager for BEA

: MICE News; Friday, 07 July 2023

Dr Tamara Gray (Leclercq) has been appointed research manager for Business Events Adelaide (BEA).
Gray (pictured right) was most recently operational lead for Adelaide BioMed City.
Gray holds a PhD in Biochemistry. She moved into research management in Precision Cancer Medicine at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).

Vietjet adds Australia capacity

: BTN News; Thursday, 06 July 2023

Vietnam's Vietjet will increase the frequency of direct flights to and from Australia from 20 to 34 flights per week from December 2023, including daily return flights for the Ho Chi Minh City–Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh City–Sydney city pairs and three times a week flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Brisbane.

jetBlue terminates AA alliance

: BTN News; Thursday, 06 July 2023

The USA's JetBlue Airways is to comply with a court order to terminate its alliance with American Airlines (AA) from July 29 in order to 'protect' a planned US$3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines.