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Qantas Chaos Hurts Sydney The Most
For the second day in a row, Sydney has had the most cancellations of flights due to the strike action of the Qantas engineers, having 19 of their departure and arrival flights scrapped. A spokeswoman for Qantas said that the canceled flights would affect Brisbane and Melbourne also, but that
by Bobby Jones June 29th, 2008
Queensland Tourism Minister plans trip to lure Asian airlines to the state
Desley Boyle, Tourism Minister of Queensland, plans to go through 4 countries over 5 days to attract new airlines to the Northern state. Ms Boyle will be accompanied by senior representatives from Tourism Australia and Tourism Queensland; they will travel ...
by Tanya Propst June 29th, 2008
Voyager Travel Discovers Ways to Save on Travel Budgets
This financial year is going to be tough as havoc is being created for business travelers as airfare rises, taxes increase, and flights are canceled. Voyager Travel, a corporate travel firm, has finished a survey of their costumers, which include ...
by Dave Humphries June 29th, 2008
Tourism Australia Supports the Australian Regional Tourism Convention in Determining the Future for Regional Tourism
There are over 150 regional professionals from all over Australia in the tourism industry, the sate government, and the local government who are coming together for the Australian Regional Tourism Convention, which Tourism Australia supports, set in September on the ...
by Dave Humphries June 28th, 2008
No Airfare Increases Says Jetstar and Tiger Airways
The budget airlines for Australia, Jestar and Tiger, are promising that they will continue to provide their passengers with ultra-low airfares despite the skyrocketing fuel prices, which are now accounting for almost 50% of their running costs. Both of these airlines are kings in offering bargain airfares of below
by Bobby Jones June 28th, 2008
American Express Says Australian Travelers are Made to Use their Air Miles to Cope with High Airfare
New research has shown that travelers in Australia are having to use their rewards points and flying miles in order to cope with the rising prices in airfare. American Express conducted research within their company and found that the ...
by Tanya Propst June 28th, 2008
Australian Energy Minister travels to Perth to address major gas outrage
Martin Ferguson will travel to West Australia's capital city on Friday to discuss with West Australia's Government the pressing issue of the worsening impacts a major gas shortage is having on the Western state. Mr Ferguson spoke with reporters in Canberra ...
by Andrew Soyer June 28th, 2008
Virgin Blue and Qantas Shares Drop
Virgin Blue and Qantas shares have dropped dangerously low in the past few days. Qantas shares dipped as far as $2.95 earlier this week, whereas last year their peak price was more than half that. However, they did recover with ...
by Tanya Propst June 27th, 2008
The Strike at Qantas Continues to Escalate
Qantas has informed everyone that the disruptions and cancellations will continue to happen as there is a fresh round of strikes coming from their licensed engineers. Escalation of the strike came about after Qantas had to cancel 35 flights by 4pm on Tuesday, which was almost twice as much as
by Bobby Jones June 27th, 2008
Qantas Outsourcing Undermines Workers
Qantas will continue to attempt undermining their licensed engineers even further by outsourcing the work for 11 of their aircrafts to John Holland, local contractors, and by canceling work for maintenance that they do for overseas airlines. This move has ...
by Dave Humphries June 27th, 2008
