Coronavirus

Canada to end hotel quarantine for vaccinated citizens

Mandatory hotel quarantine will be replaced by limited home isolation while waiting for test resu...

UK, US airlines push for restart of trans-Atlantic travel

It's a rare alliance between staunch rivals on the world's richest route.

France to welcome vaccinated Australians

The new global ‘green zone’ for vaccinated travellers includes the EU, Singapore, Japan and South...

FOMO will help drive the return of business travel

Face-to-face meetings will give businesses the edge over their teleconferencing counterparts, say...

Gov't to trial overseas travel for vaccinated Australians

A 'pilot program' to begin in August would unlock international travel and provide further induce...

Quarantine to stay, even for vaccinated travellers

Vaccination still isn't considered the silver bullet but could mean you spend less time in quaran...

“Win a year of free Qantas flights” as vaccination incentive

That COVID jab could also earn you a free flight voucher or Qantas Points and status credits.

Singapore’s new COVID breath test gives immediate results

The Breathalyzer-style device will use AI and machine learning to recognise Covid-like traits in ...

Heathrow to open separate terminal for high-risk arrivals

T3 will become a temporary ‘red zone’ arrivals terminal until T4 is reopened for that same purpose.

Qantas plans to have six Airbus A380s flying again in 2023

The first six superjumbos, with new business and premium economy seats, could return to the skies...

COVID-19 carves Qantas a $16bn revenue hole

The cost of the coronavirus pandemic continues to mount, but Qantas CEO Alan Joyce sees a recover...

Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble suspended again

Quarantine-free travel between the two Asian capitals is again put on the back-burner against a C...

Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble looks about to burst

A snap one-month lockdown is seen as Singapore's last hope for keeping the HK travel bubble alive.

‘The Pret Index’ highlights working from home trends

Pret sandwich sales are a surprisingly good indicator of how many workers aren’t returning to the...

This ‘flight to nowhere’ offers duty-free shopping

It’s another novel way that the travel industry is clawing back lost revenue.

Qantas cancels international flights through to December

Qantas now doesn't expect to see the bulk of overseas travel return until 2022.

Australian borders to remain closed, travel banned to mid-22

The government wants to reopen international borders “as early as possible, but no sooner than it...

Australian borders may not fully open until late 2022

Bubbles aside, the bulk of overseas travel could be more than a year away...