October
Qantas delays first flights over subdued demand, low vaccination rates
Qantas had brought forward the flight only last week as the Victorian government said it would end quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals from November 1.
- Lucas Baird
Corporate Travel: open borders to fuel Aussie bounce next half
The business travel outfit, once a target of short-sellers, also is eyeing buying out more debt-laden rivals.
- Liam Walsh
Industry concerned open borders will mean tourists head overseas
The domestic tourism recovery may be hobbled if high-spending travellers opt to go overseas instead of local holidays, and foreign visitors remain locked out.
- Lucas Baird
SA hard borders to come down on November 23
Some businesses are nervous about the finer details of the road map for reopening outlined by SA Premier Steven Marshall.
- Simon Evans
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
Low jab rates in Queensland tourism towns could be ‘catastrophic’
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned residents they are running out of time to get vaccinated before borders open fully to Victoria and NSW on December 19.
- Updated
- Mark Ludlow
Flight Centre, burning $40m a month, sees sunny skies ahead
International bookings for Aussies are kicking off at levels not seen since COVID-19 began, travel group says.
- Liam Walsh
Qld tourism operators want date set for international traveller return
Queensland may be opening its borders to fully vaccinated interstate visitors by Christmas, but the tourism sector wants a clear date for the return of international travel.
- Mark Ludlow
Dropping quarantine is useless without tourists, says Skroo Turner
Flight Centre Group CEO Graham “Skroo” Turner is outraged that are fully vaccinated international tourists are locked out of the NSW government’s “no quarantine” plan.
- Fiona Carruthers
Qantas brings forward travel restart but airline frustration boils
Qantas will bring forward to November 1 plans to restart its Sydney-London and Sydney-Los Angeles flights.
- Lucas Baird
Fiji, Singapore green travel lanes just weeks away
Restrictions on out-bound travel are expected to lift in coming weeks but some countries will be easier to get to than others.
- Emma Connors and Fiona Carruthers
New airline Bonza to launch in early 2022
A US investment firm with over $US3 billion in managed assets will bankroll the latest challenge to Australia’s aviation market.
- Lucas Baird
Trump’s Washington hotel lost near $100m in four years
The losses occurred even as the Trump International Hotel took in millions from foreign governments and received favourable loan terms from Deutsche Bank.
- Sophie Alexander and Tom Maloney
Why Justin Hemmes thinks tiny Narooma could rival Noosa
Hotelier Justin Hemmes has gone bush on an aggressive regional buying spree worth about $91 million - and counting.
- Fiona Carruthers
- Exclusive
- Tourism
Tourism operators face the harsh reality of a COVID-19 recovery
A Tourism and Transport Forum survey found 30 per cent of tourism operators believe their businesses will be worse off in the next 12 months.
- Mark Ludlow
Qantas seeks to extend Emirates partnership
Qantas and Emirates say extending their partnership will help them recover better from the pandemic and deliver a strong “financial upside”.
- Lucas Baird
Europe beckons tourists back – but only the fully jabbed
It’s getting easier and easier to move around Europe, but Australian travellers might miss out on the current sweet spot.
- Hans van Leeuwen
September
Experience Co raising $55m to fund Trees Adventure acquisition
Experience Co has tapped Ord Minnett and E&P Corporate Advisory to manage a $55 million raise, which will be priced at an 8.3 per cent discount.
- Anthony Macdonald, Yolanda Redrup and Kanika Sood
Qantas grounds Perth-London flight, delays travel to east coast
CEO Alan Joyce says talks with the WA government revealed little desire to open for international travel or to the eastern states before the end of the year.
- Lucas Baird
‘We wanted to be part of it’: AFL tragics chance border bans in Perth
Thousands of Aussie rules fans from coronavirus-free states are descending upon Perth for the 2021 AFL grand final, with airlines boosting services to cope.
- Finbar O'Mallon and Lucas Baird
Airlines fear late planning may force delay to travel
International airlines are increasingly anxious that plans to reopen Australia’s border have started too late and with too little consultation for December travel.
- Lucas Baird and Fiona Carruthers
