Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres, Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world’s sixth-largest country.
The Australian startup carrier, Koala Airlines, is facing its most significant challenge to date, with its future hanging in the balance as it heads to court. On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, representatives of the airline will appear in the […]
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The Australian government has allocated AUD $80 million (USD $52.3 million) to support Rex Airlines in maintaining critical regional services as the airline continues under voluntary administration. The funding, announced by Minister for Transport Catherine King and Minister for
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Turkish Airlines has moved up the launch of its new Sydney service by a week, with the inaugural Istanbul -Kuala Lumpur -Sydney flight now scheduled for November 28, 2024. The airline will operate the first two flights on November 28
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Effective November 1, 2021, Australian citizens, permanent residents, and their immediate family members will be eligible to enter Sydney, Australia without quarantine arrangements provided that they are fully-vaccinated and comply with document requirements. A traveler must be fully-vaccinated with
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IHG Hotels & Resorts is excited to be continuing its push into suburban and regional Victoria with the signing of Holiday Inn Dandenong with hotel owners, the Pelligra Group. This will be IHG’s fifth hotel with the Pelligra Group,
Princess Cruises is extending its pause in cruise vacations in Australia/New Zealand to January 27, 2022, due to the uncertainty around the return of cruising in the region. As a result of the pause extension, Coral Princess voyages through
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Royal Caribbean International today announced a new season of Australian domestic sailings on board returning favourite Ovation of the Seas. Ovation will sail from Sydney 13 Dec. 2021 through 31 March 2022, offering a mix of 2- to 10-night
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Coral Expeditions unveiled a fully domestic 2022 Australia sailing schedule. This includes extended sailing dates in the iconic Kimberley due to popular demand. Also released are new additions to Australia’s Coastal Wilderness Series of itineraries to replace international voyages
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Coral Expeditions confirms operations will restart in Western Australia this month, its 25th year of continuous operations in the state. The company has attained all required state and federal approvals including the endorsement of their travel industry-leading SailSAFE plan.
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Queensland’s biggest celebration of cinema is set to be one to remember in 2021 with the Gold Coast Film Festival announcing a stellar line-up of world premieres, exclusive preview screenings and filmmaking talent joining the festival from around the
IHG Hotels & Resorts’ boutique lifestyle brand, Hotel Indigo, has made its Australian debut with the opening of Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets on 1 March. The much-anticipated 145-room hotel with its intriguing design features, deep connections to the neighbourhood and
Princess Cruises has announced its 2022-2023 Australia & New Zealand cruise season, on sale March 2, 2021. Four ships, including for the first time ever, – Royal Princess and Majestic Princess – will sail out of Sydney. Grand Princess
P&O Cruises Australia is maintaining its optimism for the ultimate restart of cruising while, in the meantime, again taking a practical approach in extending its current operational pause to departures on or before 18 June, 2021. Guests with bookings affected
Lufthansa and SWISS are offering their customers more flight options to Australia again: Transit is via Singapore’s Changi International Airport – Lufthansa Group’s main hub for connecting flights to Down Under – as of 4 January. “Enabling transit connections is a
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P&O Cruises Australia is extending its rolling pause in operations in New Zealand to departures on and before 25 April, 2021 as the cruise line and the wider industry continue to work with government and public health authorities on
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