Australia's lockdowns will hit domestic travel timeline - GlobalData
- BTN News
- Sunday, 08 August 2021
Australia’s reintroduction of lockdowns and state border closures are set to slow down domestic travel recovery. Additionally, Qantas standing down some staff signals the prospect of a longer road to recovery, according to GlobalData.
Australia’s Accommodation Association welcomes Victoria's CTRS for tenants
- BTN News
- Sunday, 08 August 2021
Australia’s Accommodation Association has welcomed the Victorian government Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme (CTRS) and encouraged all States and Territories to provide similar support.
Vivid Sydney 2021 cancelled
- MICE News
- Sunday, 08 August 2021
Organisers of Australia's Vivid Sydney, the annual light show, have cancelled the event for 2021 citing the extended Covid -19 lockdown in the state.
UK travel confusion continues
- BTN News
- Sunday, 08 August 2021
Fully vaccinated passengers returning to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from France no longer need to quarantine after the UK government moved it from amber-plus to amber on its 'traffic light system'.
Adventure Tourism Victoria calls for level playing field for payments
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
Australia’s Adventure Tourism Victoria (ATV) has expressed increasing frustration with the payments system of business grants and called for them to be paid on day one of any lockdown. Victoria went into its sixth lockdown Thursday 05 August.
Qatar Air acts to fix A350 problem
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
Qatar Airways has grounded 13 Airbus A350 aircraft and removed them from service for further safety checks.
Hong Kong Sevens tournament cancelled
- MICE News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
The Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) and World Rugby have cancelled the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2021 scheduled for 5-7 November.
Australia’s regional tourism meet cancelled
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
The 2021 Australian Regional Tourism Convention (ARTC), originally scheduled for 11-13 October 2021, has been cancelled. The convention will now be held in October 2022.
WATS 2020 out now
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) publication with performance figures for 2020, demonstrating the devastating effects on global air transport during that year of the Covid-19 crisis:
Australian government confirms payments will cover Qantas airport staff
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
After a few worrying days for the affected workers, the Australian government has confirmed 2,500 Qantas and Jetstar airport workers who were 'stood down' this week will be eligible for A$750 a week relief payments.
Spirit hit by IT outage
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
US carrier Spirit continued to face operational turmoil mid week when its second IT outage in two days forced it to cancel 49 per cent of its flights.
USA airports 'mirror the country's Covid infections'
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
The USA's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says growing passenger numbers at airports appear to bring a higher Covid risk, with more of its staff (many of them customer-facing) testing positive despite masking and other procedures such as changing gloves after every passenger contact.
Melbourne enters sixth Covid lockdown
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
With only about 25 per cent of the country's population vaccinated against Covid-19 thanks to a botched rollout and low vaccine acceptance rates, Australia's Victoria capital Melbourne is back in lockdown for the sixth time since the pandemic began.
Australia's lockdowns will hit domestic travel timeline - GlobalData
- BTN News
- Sunday, 08 August 2021
Australia’s reintroduction of lockdowns and state border closures are set to slow down domestic travel recovery. Additionally, Qantas standing down some staff signals the prospect of a longer road to recovery, according to GlobalData.
Australia’s Accommodation Association welcomes Victoria's CTRS for tenants
- BTN News
- Sunday, 08 August 2021
Australia’s Accommodation Association has welcomed the Victorian government Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme (CTRS) and encouraged all States and Territories to provide similar support.
Vivid Sydney 2021 cancelled
- MICE News
- Sunday, 08 August 2021
Organisers of Australia's Vivid Sydney, the annual light show, have cancelled the event for 2021 citing the extended Covid -19 lockdown in the state.
UK travel confusion continues
- BTN News
- Sunday, 08 August 2021
Fully vaccinated passengers returning to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from France no longer need to quarantine after the UK government moved it from amber-plus to amber on its 'traffic light system'.
Adventure Tourism Victoria calls for level playing field for payments
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
Australia’s Adventure Tourism Victoria (ATV) has expressed increasing frustration with the payments system of business grants and called for them to be paid on day one of any lockdown. Victoria went into its sixth lockdown Thursday 05 August.
Qatar Air acts to fix A350 problem
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
Qatar Airways has grounded 13 Airbus A350 aircraft and removed them from service for further safety checks.
Hong Kong Sevens tournament cancelled
- MICE News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
The Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) and World Rugby have cancelled the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2021 scheduled for 5-7 November.
Australia’s regional tourism meet cancelled
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
The 2021 Australian Regional Tourism Convention (ARTC), originally scheduled for 11-13 October 2021, has been cancelled. The convention will now be held in October 2022.
WATS 2020 out now
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) publication with performance figures for 2020, demonstrating the devastating effects on global air transport during that year of the Covid-19 crisis:
Australian government confirms payments will cover Qantas airport staff
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
After a few worrying days for the affected workers, the Australian government has confirmed 2,500 Qantas and Jetstar airport workers who were 'stood down' this week will be eligible for A$750 a week relief payments.
Spirit hit by IT outage
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
US carrier Spirit continued to face operational turmoil mid week when its second IT outage in two days forced it to cancel 49 per cent of its flights.
USA airports 'mirror the country's Covid infections'
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
The USA's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says growing passenger numbers at airports appear to bring a higher Covid risk, with more of its staff (many of them customer-facing) testing positive despite masking and other procedures such as changing gloves after every passenger contact.
Melbourne enters sixth Covid lockdown
- BTN News
- Thursday, 05 August 2021
With only about 25 per cent of the country's population vaccinated against Covid-19 thanks to a botched rollout and low vaccine acceptance rates, Australia's Victoria capital Melbourne is back in lockdown for the sixth time since the pandemic began.
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