Coronavirus

Airline travel pass app for COVID test results, vaccination

Airline industry group IATA launches a digital platform to ease virus testing and travel.

How Covid reshaped the map of the world's busiest routes

All 10 of the world's busiest domestic routes are in Asia as international air travel remains ham...

Melbourne to resume international flights from December 7

Victorian premier Dan Andrews says Melbourne will once again welcome overseas flights.

As travel bubbles begin, don't expect a miracle

The new Hong Kong-Singapore connection will be costly, risky and possibly unworkable, but it's st...

Covid vaccination may be mandatory for visitors to Australia

From 2021, overseas travellers might have to produce a vaccination certificate before boarding th...

A third of the world's air routes lost due to Covid

Lost routes thrust aviation’s economic miracle into reverse; some services may be gone for good, ...

Heathrow says Covid testing needed for years

Pre-flight testing and screening could be vital given the extended timescale for mass inoculation.

Singapore, Hong Kong open 'world first' travel bubble

November 22 sees the start of quarantine-free flights between Asia's two financial hubs.

Pfizer vaccine 90% effective, 10m doses slated for Australia

The first Covid-19 vaccine could arrive here in early 2021.

Qantas to launch international 'rescue flights' to Hobart

A second wave of overseas repatriation flights could make its way to Tasmania.

British Airways cancels Sydney flights to 2021

Faced with travel bans in both the UK and Australia, it's no surprise that BA's London-Sydney fli...

Singapore says it "can't wait for a vaccine"

Singapore's re-opening plan ditches quarantine for testing and risk-based ratios

British Airways' Airbus A380s grounded until at least 2021

The UK lockdown leaves no room in the sky for BA's biggest birds.

Qantas closes bookings on US, UK flights to October 2021

That trip to LA or London seems further away than ever, but there's optimism on travel bubbles po...

United trials rapid Covid tests for New York-London flights

Fast testing is increasingly seen as a way to restart travel on lucrative air routes.

Marriott now offers hotel rooms by the day

If you need a break from working from home, maybe you should head to a Marriott hotel...

Emirates President Tim Clark delays retirement to 2021

Clark helped create the Gulf colossus, now he'll stay on deck to help it navigate the crisis whic...

The Alice Springs airplane parking lot has never been busier

Already home to over 100 jets, the outback storage facility being expanded to take 60 additional ...