Rex boss comes out swinging
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Rex deputy chairman John Sharp has come out swinging at Qantas head Alan Joyce, saying the Australian national carrier secretly is “distressed” at Rex's plans to contest east coast capital city routes.
Airport man 'was afraid of Covid'
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Aditya Singh, the Californian man who hid for three months in a secure area of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, claims he was afraid to fly due to Covid-19.
100 million jobs cited in WTTC figures
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
More than 100 million jobs could return to the global travel and tourism sector during 2021 as the world recovers from the crippling Covid-19 pandemic, says the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
Stanton returns to BEIA
- MICE News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Jeanette Stanton (pictured right) has been appointed events project manager for Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA).
She will re-join New Zealand’s industry association on February 15, following six years as marketing and business events services manager with the Auckland Convention Bureau.
IATA calls for Covid-19 Euro vaccination certificate
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged all branches of the European Union to support an initiative from Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to agree a common digital European Covid-19 vaccination certificate that would enable those who are vaccinated to travel freely within Europe without Covid-19 testing.
Qatar first with 5-star Covid-19 airline safety rating
- Health & Leisure
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Doha-based Qatar Airways is the first airline to achieve the 5-Star Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating from international air transport rating organisation Skytrax.
Australia’s Accommodation Association praises NSW government’s visitor economy industry strategy
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Australia’s Accommodation Association has welcomed the release of the NSW government’s 2030 NSW Visitor Economy Industry Strategy, which recognises the importance of mobilising government funding and support for the visitor economy.
Virgin Australia adds to top team
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Virgin Australia has hired Alistair Hartley, director of Strategy at International Airlines Group (British Airways' parent) to take up the position of chief transformation officer and David Marr, the Australian Woolworth’s chief operating officer, who joins the carrier in February as its chief financial officer.
Canada's airlines prepare for MAX return
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Canada's larger airlines are said to be preparing marketing schemes to smooth the reintroduction of the B737 MAX to the skies.
England's airports offered government aid
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
As airports globally call for state aid, the UK government has announced a financial support scheme for airports ( only in England) that will open this month.
AVL cuts employee numbers to counter revenue fall
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Airports Vanuatu Ltd (AVL) has reduced its workforce after a reduction in aeronautical revenue. Some 65 staff have been made redundant, representing a 30 per cent reduction in the workforce.
Waitlist opens for Bassinthegrass
- MICE News
- Monday, 18 January 2021
Tickets to the Northern Territory’s biggest music festival, Bassinthegrass, to be staged in Darwin, Australia in May, have all been sold.
Australian Open hit by positive Covid tests
- BTN News
- Monday, 18 January 2021
Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce says the Victorian government is guilty of double standards for allowing sports stars to fly in for the Australian Open, but keeping the border with New South Wales (NSW) shut.
Rex boss comes out swinging
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Rex deputy chairman John Sharp has come out swinging at Qantas head Alan Joyce, saying the Australian national carrier secretly is “distressed” at Rex's plans to contest east coast capital city routes.
Airport man 'was afraid of Covid'
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Aditya Singh, the Californian man who hid for three months in a secure area of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, claims he was afraid to fly due to Covid-19.
100 million jobs cited in WTTC figures
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
More than 100 million jobs could return to the global travel and tourism sector during 2021 as the world recovers from the crippling Covid-19 pandemic, says the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
Stanton returns to BEIA
- MICE News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Jeanette Stanton (pictured right) has been appointed events project manager for Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA).
She will re-join New Zealand’s industry association on February 15, following six years as marketing and business events services manager with the Auckland Convention Bureau.
IATA calls for Covid-19 Euro vaccination certificate
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 20 January 2021
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged all branches of the European Union to support an initiative from Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to agree a common digital European Covid-19 vaccination certificate that would enable those who are vaccinated to travel freely within Europe without Covid-19 testing.
Qatar first with 5-star Covid-19 airline safety rating
- Health & Leisure
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Doha-based Qatar Airways is the first airline to achieve the 5-Star Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating from international air transport rating organisation Skytrax.
Australia’s Accommodation Association praises NSW government’s visitor economy industry strategy
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Australia’s Accommodation Association has welcomed the release of the NSW government’s 2030 NSW Visitor Economy Industry Strategy, which recognises the importance of mobilising government funding and support for the visitor economy.
Virgin Australia adds to top team
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Virgin Australia has hired Alistair Hartley, director of Strategy at International Airlines Group (British Airways' parent) to take up the position of chief transformation officer and David Marr, the Australian Woolworth’s chief operating officer, who joins the carrier in February as its chief financial officer.
Canada's airlines prepare for MAX return
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Canada's larger airlines are said to be preparing marketing schemes to smooth the reintroduction of the B737 MAX to the skies.
England's airports offered government aid
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
As airports globally call for state aid, the UK government has announced a financial support scheme for airports ( only in England) that will open this month.
AVL cuts employee numbers to counter revenue fall
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Airports Vanuatu Ltd (AVL) has reduced its workforce after a reduction in aeronautical revenue. Some 65 staff have been made redundant, representing a 30 per cent reduction in the workforce.
Waitlist opens for Bassinthegrass
- MICE News
- Monday, 18 January 2021
Tickets to the Northern Territory’s biggest music festival, Bassinthegrass, to be staged in Darwin, Australia in May, have all been sold.
Australian Open hit by positive Covid tests
- BTN News
- Monday, 18 January 2021
Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce says the Victorian government is guilty of double standards for allowing sports stars to fly in for the Australian Open, but keeping the border with New South Wales (NSW) shut.