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Qantas ’
Jan 17th, 2021 |
By The Editor
The suggestion by Qantas boss, Alan Joyce, that only those vaccinated will be able to fly on his airline touched a nerve with other airlines. Desperate to find any way to get us to get on planes again, there was criticism of this idea by people such as Michael O’Leary from Ryanair who wanted testing – like IATA and the WTTC – as the way forward. Now the Qantas suggestion has received backing from two of the best-known and innovative airline bosses. Both Tony Fernandes
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Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Air Asia, Akbar Al Baker, Alan Joyce, coronavirus vaccinations, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Tony Fernandes
Jan 13th, 2021 |
By The Editor
The more that are vaccinated the more countries are likely to open their borders to those vaccinated and the more quickly tourism and travel can return.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Qantas, vaccinations, WTTC
Jan 7th, 2021 |
By The Editor
The industry seems to have decided that discounting will secure bookings. They are just hoping they don’t have to give refunds when the time comes!
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Travel bookings slow
Tags: Easter Holidays, half-term spring break, Qantas, Summer holidays, travel bookings -2021
Nov 29th, 2020 |
By The Editor
IATA and governments should get down to implementing the Qantas plan because only then can a travel regime return
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on The Qantas solution could mean mass travel re-starts
Tags: IATA, IATA Travel Pass, Qantas
Jun 18th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The Australian tourism minister yesterday said that the Australian border might stay closed until next year for short term visitors.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Forget Australia this year?
Tags: Australia, Beijing, coronavirus, coronavirus second wave, New Zealand, Qantas, South Korea
May 21st, 2020 |
By The Editor
Airlines seem to been on the same wavelength about how to get us to fly again. Deep-cleaning and deeply-discounted fares
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Is this what flying will be like?
Tags: easyjet, pos-coronavirus flying, Qantas, Ryanair
Oct 20th, 2019 |
By The Editor
How useful was the flight for us passengers to know whether we would sign up for flights of that length of time?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on What does it prove?
Tags: non-stop flights, Qantas
Aug 23rd, 2019 |
By The Editor
My objections to the Qantas plan is that I don’t think the results they gain will be necessarily indicative of how passengers will react.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Flying non-stop, London –Sydney
Tags: Direct Flights, long haul flights, Qantas
Feb 26th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Given that the airline industry records that anything under fifteen minutes is considered to be on time, some twenty-four of the fifty-one airlines would have been considered on time, all the time!
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: airline cancellations, airline delays, Iberia, Qantas, TAP-Air Portugal
Feb 2nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
The kindness of the Jamaica Inn in Cornwall, uninformative tourism debates in parliament, exercise bikes on planes and the loss of thousands of lilos capture some of Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 2nd February 2019
Tags: accommodation taxes, Bastian Gallery, Cairngorm funicular railway, Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica Inn, Qantas, Scotland, tourist taxes
Apr 30th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world, right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: May 2017
Tags: Australia, Brits, campervan, China, China Airlines, Cruise, Dundee, Flights, holiday, Ibiza, Indian Ocean, London, Maldives, Malibu, Malta, Marbella, Mauritius, new route, Nobu, Perth, Qantas, Scotland, Seychelles, Shanghai, Shoreditch, staycation, sun, sun lounger, Taiwan, Thomas Cook, Travel, UK, V&A, Valletta
Mar 24th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
As the first direct flight between the UK and Australia sets off tomorrow and New York City and Honduras announce record visitor numbers, Adrian reminds readers that the shooting in southern France must not deter tourists going there.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 24th March 2018
Tags: Australia, Bahamas, Barcelona, Carcassonne, Honduras, Kenya, Melbourne, New York City, Perth -WA, Qantas, terrorist attacks on tourists
Jan 8th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Monday January 15th is a red-letter day for international travellers and it is now just one week away.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Restrictions on “smart” luggage
Tags: Alaskan Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, IATA, Qantas, smart luggage restrictions, Virgin Australia
Jan 3rd, 2018 |
By The Editor
Airline passengers will be happy to know that 2017 was the safest year ever in aviation history.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: airline safety, Aviation Safety Network, cruise ship safety, Qantas, train safety
May 1st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: May 2017
Tags: Aeroflot, Africa, Argentina, Asia, Brazil, Canary Islands, Cancun, Caribbean, China, Chinese, craft beer, easyjet, France, Marseille, Mexico, Netflix, Philadelphia, Qantas, Russia, Scottish Tourism Forum, Spotify, St Petersburg, Tenerife, USA, Virgin Holidays
Jun 25th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Has Brexit been over- estimated by the travel industry? Adrian hardly mentions the subject concentrating on the Qantas competition to Sydney, The World Eskimo Olympic Games and National Tom Sawyer Day
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 25th of June 2016
Tags: Alaska, Brexit, Croatia, Cruise Lines International Association, easyjet, Fairbanks, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Flybe, Golden Days - Fairbanks, Hannibal - Missouri, Iain Milne, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Monarch, National Tom Sawyer Day, Qantas, Qantas - The Ultimate Trip, Southampton, Tate Modern, Tenerife, The Arch -London, World Eskimo-Indian Olympic Games
Apr 2nd, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: April 2016
Tags: Africa, Air Passenger Duty, Airport Duty, Australia, Botswana, EU, Great Barrier Reef, Kenya, London, Norway, passport, Qantas, Queenland, spain, Swansea, Sweden, Tanzania, tax, The Netherlands
Jan 20th, 2016 |
By The Editor
AirlineRatings.com – the world’s only safety and product rating website – has announced its top twenty safest airlines and top ten safest low cost airlines for 2016 from the 407 airlines it monitors.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: AirlineRatings.com, Qantas, safest airlines
May 1st, 2013 |
By The Editor
CD-Traveller has the low-down on what’s hot in the travel world, right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: May 2013
Tags: Antigua, Caribbean, China, East Anglia, India, Kashmir, Manchester, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Qantas, Reading, Samoa Air, South Africa, St Lucia, Taiwan, Thomas Cook, UAE, Vietnam
Nov 5th, 2011 |
By The Editor
UPDATE: 5 Nov. Qantas is now offering free tickets to anywhere in Australia to those who were caught up in the shut-down. If you were involved and haven’t been contacted by the airline, do so yourself. Passengers entitled are those with bookings between October 29-31st.
It’s been a week from hell for Qantas.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: airline, Australia, Dubai, London, passengers, Qantas, Stephen Fry, Sydney
Oct 29th, 2011 |
By The Editor
UPDATE: 30 Oct. Qantas has been ordered to re-start flights asap. At the same time, both the company and the unions have been ordered to neogtiate or face binding arbitration.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Flying on Qantas?
Tags: airline lockout, Qantas, strrike action
Jun 28th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
There are things that instinctively do not go together; chocolate and tinned peas, Eskimos and air conditioning and politicians and good government. Another is airline food and gourmets yet that may have happened at Qantas. They’ve started an online food and wine club for their frequent flyers.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Unnatural Partners?
Tags: airline food, airline wine clubs, Qantas
Jun 11th, 2011 |
By The Editor
For the last week or so a volcano has been erupting in Chile. The ash cloud has risen high in the sky – now about 50,000 feet high – and is now swirling and travelling on the winds. Yet again, volcanic ash is disrupting flights.
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel news |
Comments Off on Now it’s the Volcanoes in Chile
Tags: Argentina, Australia, Chile, flight disruptions, New Zealand, Qantas, Uruguay, volcanic ash
Oct 26th, 2010 |
By Adrian Lawes
I think I know how Oprah Winfrey got so rich. It’s because she doesn’t have to pay for things. As her show nears the end of its 76 year continuous run or however long it’s been, some of the last remaining programmes are going to be filmed in Australia. Why Australia you might ask. Because it looks as though Tourism Australia will be picking up a large part of the bill. As are Qantas, the airline that calls itself the spirit of Australia, who are flying 300 people from the audience at which she announced the freebie and 150 staff to Australia. They will all enjoy an 8 day, all-expenses trip in December.
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Qantas, Tourism Australia
Sep 27th, 2009 |
By Adrian Lawes
We are used to the no frills airlines charges us for just about anything that they can come up with but up until now we haven’t faced fees from UK traditional airlines.
Now BA has joined the club.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on British Airways Charges for Seats
Tags: British Airways, Qantas, Seat Selection Charges