One of the top reason people visit Cairns Australia is to experience Cairns Great Barrier Reef-declared World Heritage Site. It stretches along the entire Queensland coastline covering several regions and is the largest structure on Earth made by living organisms. The amazing array of marine wildlife...

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first scheduled flights to Australia from the UK, Qantas are offering 22 lucky, and loaded, people the chance to relive that first flight with a trip to Australia in a classic Convair CV580! The 22 passengers will embark on the ‘Classical Route’; a 22 day...

Continental Airlines has announced its decision to continue offering four weekly connecting flights linking Japan and Cairns, Australia, via Guam after October 1, 2009. On April 1 2009, Continental Airlines provisionally increased the weekly number of flights on Guam-Cairns routes from two to four. And...

Air New Zealand is to launch direct air services between Rotorua and Sydney. The service which is scheduled to commence 12 December 2009 will be operated with 152-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. The airline will operate a twice weekly service from 19 December on Saturdays and Mondays until the end of January,...

China Southern Airlines has launched a third weekly flight from Melbourne to Guangzhou (formerly Canton). The new service will run until the end of March, 2010. The new flight schedule, which introduces a Saturday departure, is being introduced in two phases. In phase one, from now until 26 October 2009,...

AirAsia X is responding to the strong and growing demand from travellers with an additional four frequencies weekly between Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne.  Commencing 1 December 2009, AirAsia X will be ramping up its frequencies to Melbourne from seven to eleven flights weekly. To celebrate the launch...

Hawaiian Airlines has launched a range of “Take A Mate” air fares from Australia to Hawaii, enabling two people to travel together Honolulu. Priced from $1360 ex Sydney and $1700 ex Melbourne and Brisbane, the deal enables each passenger who buys this fare to take a mate with them. The “Take A...

Australian visitor arrivals to New Zealand continued to offset softening numbers from other long-haul markets during March and April.  A late Easter led to a 9.2% jump in international arrivals to New Zealand for April 2009. When the two months of March and April are combined, to remove the effect...

LUXURY Australian hotels have cut rates by almost 80 per cent in a bid to lure customers. Five-star boutique hotels in destinations such as Sydney and Brisbane are offering up to 78 per cent off normal rates. Hefty discounts are also available on hotels in Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart . The Crowne...

SYDNEY Airport says it has successfully completed a $51 million program to upgrade ground lighting. The airport embarked on the project after it became clear that its previous lighting system was becoming unreliable and maintenance-intensive. Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au

AN Air Canada flight from Sydney to Vancouver was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Honolulu last week after passengers were injured in turbulence. The airline said nine passengers and two flight attendants requiring medical attention for minor injuries were treated on-site and released to continue...

SA Health is waiting for federal approval before it can use thermal scanners to help detect swine flu among incoming passengers at Adelaide‘s International Airport. The Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, says eight international airports around the country will have the technology. But the...

ALL flights into Australia from North America or South America will have to report any passengers with flu-like symptoms before the aircraft is allowed to land. Responding to the swine flu outbreak, Australian Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon announced on today that the Government was moving immediately...