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Bumpy ride for Webjet after $9m false advertising fine

Bumpy ride for Webjet after $9m false advertising fine

Online travel agency Webjet has been ordered to pay $9 million in penalties for misleading customers about the price of flights and booking confirmations.

Women's 'safety premium' for solo travel peace of mind

Women's 'safety premium' for solo travel peace of mind

Women's 'safety premium' for solo travel peace of mind

Women's 'safety premium' for solo travel peace of mind

Women travelling solo are paying more for safer accommodation and tours as the travel industry adjusts to a growing cohort of those going it alone.

Premier denies ticketless fares revamp is off the rails

Premier denies ticketless fares revamp is off the rails

Premier denies ticketless fares revamp is off the rails

Premier denies ticketless fares revamp is off the rails

A completion delay and cost blowout on ticketless public transport fares for commuters doesn't mean the overhaul has hit the skids, a premier insists.

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Rail chaos: commuters miss work as huge delays continue

Rail chaos: commuters miss work as huge delays continue

A fare-free day is being offered to placate frustrated commuters whose patience has worn thin ahead of a review of delays on Australia's busiest rail network.

Qantas, Jetstar cash in on lack of airline competition

Qantas, Jetstar cash in on lack of airline competition

After budget airline Bonza collapsed early in 2024, Australia's remaining carriers have reaped their financial reward with impressive profits.

Remote work saving time and money with benefits for all

Remote work saving time and money with benefits for all

Australians who work from home have cut their commutes by about three hours a week, saving more than $5000 a year in doing so, research has found.

Bumper crowds as savvy travellers hop into Easter break

Bumper crowds as savvy travellers hop into Easter break

Millions of Australians are braving crowded airports and busy roads to take an extended Easter long weekend break despite cost-of-living pressures.

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Aussies shun US as Trump slump, dollar dive slow travel

Aussies shun US as Trump slump, dollar dive slow travel

Aussies shun US as Trump slump, dollar dive slow travel

Aussies shun US as Trump slump, dollar dive slow travel

The "Trump effect" is not the only reason Australians are turning their back on visiting the US as it slips from a top five travel destination, experts say.

Budget-conscious millennials opting for autumn escapes

Budget-conscious millennials opting for autumn escapes

Budget-conscious millennials opting for autumn escapes

Budget-conscious millennials opting for autumn escapes

Cost of living and a shift in travel priorities loom large over autumn getaways, with millennials booking more trips than anyone else at this time of year.

Australians enlisted to help flush out hidden dunnies

Australians enlisted to help flush out hidden dunnies

Australians enlisted to help flush out hidden dunnies

Australians enlisted to help flush out hidden dunnies

Dunno where to find the dunny? Australians are being called on to flush out the nation's best-kept secret - the elusive public toilet.

How Aussie explorers can visit tourism's final frontier

How Aussie explorers can visit tourism's final frontier

How Aussie explorers can visit tourism's final frontier

How Aussie explorers can visit tourism's final frontier

Australian company Intrepid hopes to help Greenland carve out a sustainable tourism path as it prepares to launch tours to the remote Arctic island.

Alcohol risk ad blitz aims to stop overseas tragedies

Alcohol risk ad blitz aims to stop overseas tragedies

Alcohol risk ad blitz aims to stop overseas tragedies

Alcohol risk ad blitz aims to stop overseas tragedies

A new campaign targeting young people travelling overseas is aiming to prevent alcohol-related tragedies which killed two Australian teenagers.

UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown

UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown

UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown

UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown

The UK government has ordered an investigation into the country's energy resilience after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day.

Heathrow reopens as airlines scramble after shutdown

Heathrow reopens as airlines scramble after shutdown

Heathrow reopens as airlines scramble after shutdown

Heathrow reopens as airlines scramble after shutdown

London's Heathrow Airport is back in business a day after a fire knocked out power to Europe's busiest airport, throwing air travel into chaos worldwide.

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'Cruise from hell' passengers reimbursed and then some

Passengers will get back about double what they paid for a storm-affected P&O cruise from Australia to the south Pacific.

Man accused of raping airline crew member denied bail

A Fijian man accused of sexually assaulting a Virgin Australia crew member on New Year's Day could make a bid for freedom when he next faces court.

'Pilot's worse nightmare': plane aborts take-off

Pilots on a plane that aborted take-off would have been acting on the side of safety, an aviation expert says, as workers returning to work face travel chaos.

South Korea crash probe ramps up as victims identified

Investigators are working to extract data from the flight recorder of a plane that belly-landed and burst into flames in South Korea, killing 179 people.

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Airport design questioned amid probe into deadly crash

South Korean investigators are examining an airport embankment, bird strikes and pilot actions as possible factors in an air crash that killed 179 people.

Short trips, cheaper grub: tight budgets change travel

Australians are still travelling but patterns are changing to reflect tougher financial conditions with many taking shorter trips closer to home.

Fiji quells cocktail fears as Aussie recovers in ICU

One Australian remains in hospital while two others have returned home after after a suspected mass-poisoning case at a Fiji resort.

Aussies returning home after suspected Fiji poisoning

Seven tourists are said to be on the mend after a suspected mass alcohol poisoning at a Fiji resort as tourists are being reassured of their safety.

Australians in suspected mass Fiji alcohol poisoning

A group of Australians are believed to be among seven tourists in hospital in Fiji after a suspected mass alcohol poisoning.

Trains and a pay deal delayed as court halts work bans

State leaders jumped the gun going to court to stop industrial action on the nation's largest city rail network, a union says.

Shocked Aussies in Korea reeling after martial law bid

Despite a failed effort to impose martial law, Aussies in South Korea don't feel unsafe and think the incident instead shows the nation is a mature democracy.

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