Virgin Australia Rides Soaring Travel Demand to First Profit in 11 Years

“The best things about Sydney are free,” resident Russell Crowe famously said — and with good reason. The Sydney limits boast over 100 free beaches (for surfing, loafing, and soaking in the sun), handfuls of stunning coastal walkways, and endless public plunge pools, national parks, and festivals sprinkled all over the city.

It’s the yin and the yang of the travel industry these days.

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Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world, with very different regions and climates. Deciding where to go – and how to get there – requires some major planning.

Thrill-seekers from China have a renewed interest in adventure travel to Australia and New Zealand, with one adventure tourism operator, Experience Co, seeing a direct boost, according to its financial update on Thursday. 

With the holiday season coming up, what better gift to give your favorite Airbus A380 fan than an aluminum tag made from the great plane, all boxed up and authenticated? This aircraft “skin tag” is made from the recycled materials of a special plane, A6-EDA, the very first Airbus A380 delivered to Emirates Airlines in July 2008.

This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Sarah Littauer, a 27-year-old photographer based in Australia. She shares what she's learned since moving to Perth, Australia in 2019. It's been edited for length and clarity. 

Bain Capital-owned Virgin Australia‘s Chief Development Officer David Marr, who was assigned to lead the airline’s plans for an eventual initial public offering (IPO), has stepped down from his role, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

In an inspirational demonstration of passion, preparation and poise, Naomi Onwufuju, Junior Minister of Tourism of the British Virgin Islands, brought home the winner’s plaque at the 19th Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Regional Tourism Youth Congress, held at Beaches Turks & Caicos in Providenciales on Friday. Competing against students from 13 other Caribbean destinations, the 16-year-old skillfully presented three innovative strategies her country could undertake to develop and implement an initiative whereby tourism stakeholders and their allied partners can work together to enhance access, safety, use, and enjoyment of the destination’s tourism offerings by visitors with disabilities.

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Delta Air Lines hit a nerve with loyal fliers, arguably its most important customer bases, when it upended elite status qualification in its SkyMiles loyalty program last month. Customers provided the carrier with ample feedback of what CEO Ed Bastian described as a “360 [degree] view” of the controversial changes.

The threat of travel disruption feels imminent for anyone heading to the airport nowadays, especially with cancellations and delays making headlines repeatedly over the summer. While anger about such disruptions regularly fills social media channels, passengers have come to expect problems.A new report from ground transport provider CMAC, based on a survey of more than 1,000 travelers in the United Kingdom who booked round-trip flights, found that nearly two-thirds of respondents believed that flight disruptions have worsened. And 78% of those surveyed reported having experienced a flight disruption themselves. That’s not terribly surprising, given that 650 million hours of collective passenger time was wasted in 2022 as a result of flight disruptions, according to passenger compensation platform AirHelp. For its report, AirHelp used structured calculation logic to determine the impact of flight disruptions based on data, expert interviews and its internal expertise.