France

Paris' hottest new restaurant? Burger King

Jolyon Attwooll The opening of Paris's only Burger King outlet has - rather surprisingly - been welcomed by the city's residents.

Council reverses opposition to second Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek

LEESHA MCKENNY The Sydney council that would host a second airport built at Badgerys Creek has reversed its opposition to the plan after consultation revealed the proposal had broad community support.

Airlines

Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounded in Florida

Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle said one of its Boeing Dreamliners was grounded in the United States, the latest in a string of technical problems to hit the new plane.

Indonesia

Outraged Indonesian official orders runway blocked after Merpati Nusantara airlines refuses to give him a seat

An Indonesian district chief got revenge on an airline that refused to let him board a full flight by sending officials to block the runway and stop the plane landing, authorities said Monday.

Airlines

British Airways 747's wing slices into Johannesburg terminal building

A British Airways jumbo jet carrying 202 passengers and crew sliced into an office building at Johannesburg's main airport after following the wrong taxiway prior to take-off for London, injuring four people on the ground.

Victoria

Melbourne Star fans take the wheel for a spin

DEBORAH GOUGH Scarlet Lee wanted to wake up with the birds to be on the first "flight" of the Melbourne Star.

Air travel

Flying on Christmas Day? Here's what the airlines will be doing for you

ROBERT UPE Australian airlines will be showing some goodwill to their passengers this Christmas, but don't for a minute think they will be as generous as over-the-top Canadian airline WestJet.

Airlines

Emirates puts new superjumbos into service

New arrivals mean one third of all Airbus A380s in the sky belong to the Dubai carrier.

Victoria

Melbourne Star Observation Wheel's appeal is limited because too much is out of view

BRIDIE SMITH A lot of what you can see from the wheel might be considered the city's understudy tourist attractions.

Victoria

Victoria's coastal resort areas are expecting an influx of 300,000 visitors

DARREN GRAY The state's coastal holiday spots are readying for an influx of more than 300,000 people.

Wet'n'Wild and completely full

Alexandra Smith Alexandra Smith

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Holiday rentals: 'House full' sign goes up by Victoria's seaside

RACHEL WELLS Hundreds of would-be holidaymakers will be without a beachside holiday house this summer as record numbers of visitors flock to Victoria's most popular seaside towns.

Holidaymakers warned: watch fine print on accommodation bookings

Rachel Wells Victoria's consumer watchdog has warned holidaymakers about the risks of booking holiday accommodation online after it recorded a 40 per cent jump in complaints.

Train travel

Outpaced: Europe's sleeper trains disappear

The demise of the Paris-Madrid overnight service is a symptom of a wider malaise on Europe's sleeper trains, writes Brian Melican.

Victoria

Holidaymakers warned on risks of booking accommodation online

RACHEL WELLS Victoria's consumer watchdog has warned holidaymakers about the risks of booking holiday accommodation online after it recorded a 40 per cent jump in complaints.

Airlines

Cheap flights to Europe set to return as AirAsia X buys $6.7 billion in long-range Airbus jets

Budget flights to Europe likely to return as AirAsia X orders $6.7 billion worth of long-range jets from Airbus.

Queensland

Dreamworld's tigers to roar into action on Boxing Day

Elouise Quinlivan Bites and scratches are inevitable when working with big cats.

Comments

Players roll up for casino licences

AMY REMEIKIS There are more than two horses in the race for Brisbane’s newest casino licence.

Online

Halal holidays: website for Muslim travellers launches

A new website for Muslim travellers which includes a global directory of halal restaurants and dedicated city guides launched Wednesday in a bid to capitalise on the growing number of Islamic tourists.

Air travel

Wizz kid: woman gives birth during three-hour flight

A passenger went into labour during a Wizz Air flight from Valencia in Spain to Bucharest and gave birth to a boy inside the aircraft just after it landed in the Romanian capital.

Air travel

No phone calls on our flights, says US airline

Delta Air Lines CEO says it won't allow passengers to make mobile calls mid-flight, despite plans to lift restrictions.

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Airlines

Jetstar's first international Dreamliner flight takes off for Bali

MATT O'SULLIVAN Jetstar's first international Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight takes off from Melbourne on the Australia-Bali route.

Airlines

Singapore Airlines unveils new SilverKris lounge at Sydney Airport in world first

Jamie Freed Sydney Airport the world's first to become home to the new Singapore Airlines lounge.

Victoria

Docklands Observation wheel opening date announced

CAROLYN WEBB The troubled Melbourne Star Observation Wheel will open two days before Christmas, almost five years after it was shut down due to structural cracks.

Space tourism

Airbus plus space shuttle: budget space flights planned

Natalie Paris European group plans cheap flights to space as form of suborbital transport starting in 2020.

Air travel

Behaving badly: passengers getting worse, say airlines

Fighting soccer fans, fashion models screaming obscenities and a French film star relieving himself in the gangway are just a few well publicised examples of what airlines say is a growing trend of abusive passenger behaviour on planes.

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Cruising

Middle-East push to become the new cruising hotspot

Two Gulf Arab countries aim to take on the Caribbean as it seeks to become a major destination for cruise tourism, especially during the winter months in the northern hemisphere.