Taiwan's China Airlines will cut travel agent commissions in Australia from five to two per cent from February 1 2023.
The change will apply to all of the carrier’s 297 tickets, both one-way and return issued in Australia.
Doha-headquartered Qatar Airways is adding three flights a week to Edinburgh, Scotland from February, up from seven now.
It also flies to the UK's London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester.
Edinburgh airport says it's also expecting a record northern summer of flights to North America.
In Australia, Qantas shares are roughly 20 per cent higher than they were in January 2022, but still lower than the 2019 high of more than A$7.
Saudi Arabian airline flynas has taken delivery of two used Airbus A330-300s that flew for Turkish Airlines.
Both will enter service in March 2023 and be configured in line with the airline’s low-cost operating model.
Australia's Helloworld Travel has appointed Renee Nightingale as its head of Branded and Associate Networks in Australia.
She starts in February and replaces Julie Primmer.
From late March next year, Australia's Qantas is deploying its A330s on about half of its Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth flights. Its fleet has 28 Airbus A330s, 18 -200s and 10 -300s, and about 10 of them will fly the longer Australian routes, while its 80 single-aisle B737s will handle the other domestic routes and occasionally fly to Indonesia.
While many people are dusting off their passports, not every nation is crazy about travel.
More than one-third of Japan residents don't plan to travel for leisure ever again, and neither do 15 per cent of South Koreans and 10 per cent of the French.
More than 16,000 adults in the Americas, Europe and Asia were asked about their intentions for the Morning Consult 2022 State of Travel and Hospitality report.
The report also says business travel has taken a hit, with employees opting to communicate on line. It says the drop in business trips is likely to be permanent, particularly for Europeans.
The USA's American Airlines is ending its six-year agreement with regional carrier Mesa Airlines.
Mesa will operate its final American flight on April 3. Both parties have sited the other's financial troubles as one reason for the termination.
While the Unite union waits for the outcome of a Menzies baggage handler ballot on a revised pay offer from Menzies, the 72-hour strike planned for Thursday 29 December to Sunday 1 January remains on the table.
Norway's environment ministry is demanding a payment of NOK400 million (about US$40.7 million) from budget airline Norwegian Air for alleged unpaid 2020 fees for climate quotas. Norwegian is seeking legal clarification on the matter.
Some security rules on liquids and items such as laptops in UK airport hand luggage will be scrapped in June 2024, assuming new high-tech scanners that show detailed baggage images are in place by then.
Taiwan's China Airlines will cut travel agent commissions in Australia from five to two per cent from February 1 2023.
The change will apply to all of the carrier’s 297 tickets, both one-way and return issued in Australia.
Doha-headquartered Qatar Airways is adding three flights a week to Edinburgh, Scotland from February, up from seven now.
It also flies to the UK's London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester.
Edinburgh airport says it's also expecting a record northern summer of flights to North America.
In Australia, Qantas shares are roughly 20 per cent higher than they were in January 2022, but still lower than the 2019 high of more than A$7.
Saudi Arabian airline flynas has taken delivery of two used Airbus A330-300s that flew for Turkish Airlines.
Both will enter service in March 2023 and be configured in line with the airline’s low-cost operating model.
Australia's Helloworld Travel has appointed Renee Nightingale as its head of Branded and Associate Networks in Australia.
She starts in February and replaces Julie Primmer.
From late March next year, Australia's Qantas is deploying its A330s on about half of its Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth flights. Its fleet has 28 Airbus A330s, 18 -200s and 10 -300s, and about 10 of them will fly the longer Australian routes, while its 80 single-aisle B737s will handle the other domestic routes and occasionally fly to Indonesia.
While many people are dusting off their passports, not every nation is crazy about travel.
More than one-third of Japan residents don't plan to travel for leisure ever again, and neither do 15 per cent of South Koreans and 10 per cent of the French.
More than 16,000 adults in the Americas, Europe and Asia were asked about their intentions for the Morning Consult 2022 State of Travel and Hospitality report.
The report also says business travel has taken a hit, with employees opting to communicate on line. It says the drop in business trips is likely to be permanent, particularly for Europeans.
The USA's American Airlines is ending its six-year agreement with regional carrier Mesa Airlines.
Mesa will operate its final American flight on April 3. Both parties have sited the other's financial troubles as one reason for the termination.
While the Unite union waits for the outcome of a Menzies baggage handler ballot on a revised pay offer from Menzies, the 72-hour strike planned for Thursday 29 December to Sunday 1 January remains on the table.
Norway's environment ministry is demanding a payment of NOK400 million (about US$40.7 million) from budget airline Norwegian Air for alleged unpaid 2020 fees for climate quotas. Norwegian is seeking legal clarification on the matter.
Some security rules on liquids and items such as laptops in UK airport hand luggage will be scrapped in June 2024, assuming new high-tech scanners that show detailed baggage images are in place by then.
