The University of Melbourne is in the process of introducing an online Travel Portal which will be used by all staff for the approval and arrangement of all travel.
This system will replace the existing paper based processes such as the HR18 forms and will come into effect in mid December 2009.
A demonstration of the new [...]
Age writer Tony Wilson updates readers on the high’s and low’s of travelling on a low cost carrier and his most recent experience flying to Maroochydore on Tiger Airways and warns travellers to read the fine print before taking the plunge on a cheap airfare. Click on the following link to read the full article:
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Whenever people hear that you work in travel, they will often launch into detail of their next trip to the other side of the world rounding off with the inevitable question – “How do I get the best deal on flights?”
At this point in time it is difficult not to get a good deal. In [...]
Information Technology Services have developed a handy website to assist staff who are heading overseas and need to take their mobile phone or personal mobile device with them to make calls while they are out of the country.
The website provide details on how to activate global roaming services, what the costs are for these services [...]
Air New Zealand has produced a new onboard safety video featuring its employees without clothes and only covered by paint as a part of its new Nothing to Hide marketing campaign. No doubt it will attract a bit more attention than most safety videos offered by other airlines.
The aviation industry is reeling in the wake of another crisis, the global economic crisis. CEO’s of the world major airlines are meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week to discuss the industry and what the future holds.
Airlines including our own flagship carrier Qantas have been forced to make dramatic changes to their businesses including cutting [...]
Towards the end of April we started to track the price of airfares to Europe and the US to try and put some perspective into the hype surrounding the impact the economic down turn is having on airfares.
The good news is that fares are continuing to tumble. The bad news is that if you booked [...]
Non-refundable airline tickets do not always mean that you do not get a refund if you do not fly. It is often possible to obtain a refund on the fees and taxes if a ticket is not used.
There is no law requiring airlines to refund airline (or any other agencies including airports) fees and taxes [...]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed France’s adoption of One-Stop Security.
Passengers that have already been screened at a European airport will not need to be screened a second time when making flight connections. High security standards are maintained, but the hassle of connecting is reduced.
With this decision, France is joining the majority of [...]
Airline revenues plunged by as much as 20 per cent in March as the Asia-Pacific region continued to be worse than the rest of the world.
Passenger traffic in the region slumped 14.5 per cent.
The statistics were considerably worse than the 11.1 per cent year-on-year fall in global international passenger traffic, and the International Air Transport [...]