Travel news
Amid plenty of bad news, one airline in our region is flying high
Fiji’s national carrier beat out Qantas and Air New Zealand to be named the region’s best airline in the World Airline Awards.
- by Julietta Jameson
New two-in-one, $230 million hotel ready to open at Melbourne Airport
The first new hotel at Melbourne Airport in 20 years will add 464 three- and four-star rooms to the location, with no shuttle required.
- by Julietta Jameson
World’s best airline named as Qantas hits new low in rankings
Qantas has continued to fall in the top 100 rankings at the annual World Airline Awards, dropping out of the top 20.
- by Craig Platt
Opinion
Tripologist
Six hundred planes grounded: The issue causing headaches for airlines
The slow return of aircraft to service after the pandemic has been one cause of high fares, but another problem has seen hundreds of Airbus planes stuck on the ground.
- by Michael Gebicki
Traveller Letters: When I needed help, Qantas was the opposite of helpful
“I was informed by the Qantas personnel taking my baggage that none of the people working there could ‘touch me’ as ‘we are not trained’.”
New Singapore hotel is a foodie’s paradise
The new-build mid-scale hotel comes with six distinct dining and drinking options.
- by Julietta Jameson
Opinion
Air travel
‘No frills’ an understatement: The world’s worst airline ticket has arrived
This airline’s new ultra-basic ticket is the most rudimentary plane ticket ever sold. And it could well indicate the beginning of a wider trend.
- by Greg Dickinson
Traveller Letters: Jetstar’s business class is barely economy standard
“It seemed pointless to have paid a business class fare as it was impossible to get comfortable or to sleep.”
Glass rooms pop up at Sydney harbourside hotel for winter
Pier One’s Glass Rooms are back for winter, and this year guests can also enjoy private pottery classes with a knock-out view.
- by Katherine Scott
No Dark MOFO, but there are plenty of other winter festivals to enjoy
Dark MOFO may be hibernating this year, but Australia has no shortage of new and old-favourite winter festivities to ward off the chills.
- by Julietta Jameson
No snow, but queues form as Australia’s first ‘alpine coaster’ opens
The sight of a new $9 million alpine coaster was a welcome distraction from otherwise bare and drizzly ski slopes over Thredbo’s opening weekend.
- by Katherine Scott