Europe's Wizz Air will launch the UK’s first budget airline flights to Saudi Arabia from London Gatwick on March 31 2025, promising "unbeatable fares” on its new, 239-seat Airbus A321XLR fleet.
The second Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation has begun in Delhi, India, with more than 250 delegates from 41 countries attending.
Australia's Qantas has started Brisbane-Port Vila, Vanuatu B737-800 flights three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, while its budget offshoot Jetstar will commence four weekly flights on 12 December.
The US's Southwest Airlines is looking at a six-director Board revamp and its chairman will retire next year after recent meetings with hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has been pushing for management changes at the airline.
Ahead of a Q4 boost to Australian services, Philippines-based Cebu Pacific is celebrating its 10th anniversary of flying 'down under' with 'September Seat Sale' fares from A$199 one-way all-in from Melbourne to Manila and from A$209 one-way all-in ex Sydney.
Greece plans a EUR20 levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands to cut the risk of over-tourism in Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season.
Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, has been downgraded to a tropical depression after killing 21 people and damaging factories and other infrastructure in northern Vietnam before continuing its move west.
Australia's shadow transport minister Bridget McKenzie says a recent media article of hers does not support breaking up Qantas and its budget arm Jetstar.
Polish travel group eSky is buying Thomas Cook from current Chinese owner Fosun for GBP30 million.
US plane maker Boeing is offering some staff a 25 per cent pay rise over four years to avoid a strike that could shut down its assembly lines.
Dubai-based Emirates is dropping flights between Singapore and Melbourne, with the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) saying the airline has applied to terminate operations on the route and rely instead on its code-share with Qantas Group (Qantas and Jetstar) to handle demand.
In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam reported more than 11.4 million international tourists, led by South Koreans and Chinese and equal to a 45.8 per cent increase on the same period last year.
Almost all of Australia’s major airports face significant fallout from storms, floods, heat waves and high winds in coming years, the new Zurich-Mandala Climate Risk Index report says, with more than 90 per cent of Australia’s 31 busiest airports exposed to multiple high climate-related risks "with a very high level of impact”.
Europe's Wizz Air will launch the UK’s first budget airline flights to Saudi Arabia from London Gatwick on March 31 2025, promising "unbeatable fares” on its new, 239-seat Airbus A321XLR fleet.
The second Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation has begun in Delhi, India, with more than 250 delegates from 41 countries attending.
Australia's Qantas has started Brisbane-Port Vila, Vanuatu B737-800 flights three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, while its budget offshoot Jetstar will commence four weekly flights on 12 December.
The US's Southwest Airlines is looking at a six-director Board revamp and its chairman will retire next year after recent meetings with hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has been pushing for management changes at the airline.
Ahead of a Q4 boost to Australian services, Philippines-based Cebu Pacific is celebrating its 10th anniversary of flying 'down under' with 'September Seat Sale' fares from A$199 one-way all-in from Melbourne to Manila and from A$209 one-way all-in ex Sydney.
Greece plans a EUR20 levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands to cut the risk of over-tourism in Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season.
Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, has been downgraded to a tropical depression after killing 21 people and damaging factories and other infrastructure in northern Vietnam before continuing its move west.
Australia's shadow transport minister Bridget McKenzie says a recent media article of hers does not support breaking up Qantas and its budget arm Jetstar.
Polish travel group eSky is buying Thomas Cook from current Chinese owner Fosun for GBP30 million.
US plane maker Boeing is offering some staff a 25 per cent pay rise over four years to avoid a strike that could shut down its assembly lines.
Dubai-based Emirates is dropping flights between Singapore and Melbourne, with the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) saying the airline has applied to terminate operations on the route and rely instead on its code-share with Qantas Group (Qantas and Jetstar) to handle demand.
In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam reported more than 11.4 million international tourists, led by South Koreans and Chinese and equal to a 45.8 per cent increase on the same period last year.
Almost all of Australia’s major airports face significant fallout from storms, floods, heat waves and high winds in coming years, the new Zurich-Mandala Climate Risk Index report says, with more than 90 per cent of Australia’s 31 busiest airports exposed to multiple high climate-related risks "with a very high level of impact”.
