This Month
Brazilian airliner crashes, killing all 62 on board
Video shared on social media showed what appeared to be an ATR-made plane spinning out of control as it plunged to the ground.
- Reuters
Australians to get fast entry to US in global program
Thousands of Australians will become eligible for express entry into the United States from 2025 under a new deal.
- Matthew Cranston
Rex chairman John Sharp breaks silence on CEO pay deal
Rex CEO Neville Howell is essential to keep the airline’s regional flights running because his employment is tied to its air operator certificate.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Buoyed by subsidies, Rex Airlines can rise again
The failure of the discount airline’s national strategy doesn’t spell the end of Rex, this aviation expert says.
- Justin Wastnage
July
$9b Indian VC flies into bumper seed round for Aussie fintech Slice
Slice is $7.5 million richer after ruling off an equity and debt round led by Peak XV Partners and Roadnight Capital.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Did the world’s best business class seat just get better?
Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines are revamping their offering, bringing in new features as competition at the pointy end grows.
- Ayesha de Kretser
‘Bleisure’ travel boom gives these fans the best of both worlds
Corporate travel spending is tightening up, but the Olympics is one invitation people won’t say ‘no’ to.
- Updated
- Michael Bleby
He wrote Qantas’ Project Sunrise off as a PR stunt. Now he runs it
After years in the planning, the airline’s head of international Cam Wallace is preparing to launch the ultra-long haul flights to London and New York.
- Ayesha de Kretser
June
Tourism rebounds to near pre-pandemic levels
The Australian industry is on track for the best year ever as international visitor numbers bounce back.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Qantas plummets in world airline rankings, again
Fiji Airways beat Qantas and Air New Zealand in the global poll in which the Australian carrier recorded its worst performance for a decade.
- Ayesha de Kretser
A sleep scientist explains how to beat jet lag
Sleep scientist Dean Miller is advising our Olympians about recovering faster from jet lag. Here’s what he will tell them before they head to Paris.
- Euan Black
Bonza! Hall Chadwick’s fees draw rebuke from 777 Partners
Having Hall Chadwick run a hotline is certainly one way to rack up fees.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Qantas snaps up 100pc of TripADeal as travel package bookings boom
Qantas Loyalty said the deal – increasing the airline’s stake from 51 per cent – would help the division hit its ambitious earnings targets for 2030.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Bonza terminates hundreds of staff but wage payments up in the air
The budget carrier only began flying last year, and was backed by US private equity fund 777 Partners. It collapsed at the end of April.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Selling Sunrise: Inside Qantas’ 22-hour ultra-long-haul flight
Can Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson pull off her predecessor’s dream of non-stop travel between Sydney, Melbourne and London? Getting this right will be key.
- Ayesha de Kretser
The Aussies fuelling a travel boom that’s defying the cost crunch
Interest rates and inflation are up, but hundreds of thousands of Australians are still managing to holiday abroad this year – sometimes helped by mum and dad.
- Euan Black
Bonza’s administrators concede sale hopes dead, staff to go
The low-cost airline collapsed in late April. A confidential creditors’ meeting was told on Thursday that administrators may consider legal action instead.
- Ayesha de Kretser
May
Injured Aussies could be compensated ‘millions’ by Singapore Airlines
Fifty-six Australians were on board the flight and eight were injured in the “severe turbulence”; Angus Taylor says “commercial viable” nuclear power industry won’t need subsidies. Here’s how the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Webjet wants to let the Ferrari out of the garage
Breaking up is usually hard to do – but fed-up investors are mad for it. Webjet is jumping on the bandwagon.
- Anthony Macdonald
Webjet shares surge as it flags demerger, record earnings
Demand for travel has kept the earnings of the online travel bookings company solid in FY 2024, with plans to split its business-facing and direct-to-consumer operations.
- Ayesha de Kretser
