Category Archives: Australia

The U.S.A and U.K. ‘Laptop Ban’.How will it affect you ?.

INTRODUCTION You will probably have seen by now, that there is to be a so-called ‘laptop-ban’ on certain flights to the States. We thought we would do a little research and dig out the key facts, to see if this situation affects travelers generally. First of all, it’s not a ‘laptop ban’ at all.The ban applies […]

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Qatar launches world’s longest airline Route

With a few red eyes, passengers on Qatar’s longest nonstop air route arrived at New Zealand’s Auckland Airport on 6th February. RECORD BREAKING FLIGHT   At a whopping 14,535 kilometers, the Doha-Auckland route enters the record books and deposes the previous record holder, which was Emirates with the Dubai-Auckland route (which is 342km shorter). AIR […]

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Music Tourism

You probably would not automatically refer to ‘Music Tourism’ in a casual phrase, but it illustrates a new cultural phenomenon. Music Tourism is broadly defined as ‘people traveling to a new area in order to attend a concert, gig or festival’. Higher disposable incomes have led to a significant growth in this sector since the […]

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Summers Coming..

Let’s start looking OK, for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere it is cold, for some very cold. But as with all things seasonal, it comes and it goes. If you glance outside of your office or store window, it may not seem like it, but that snow and frost will soon evaporate, and before you […]

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Interesting news from new young airlines

Good News for travelers and aviation. It could be said in the airline industry that 2016 was part of a continuing trend whereby the aviation sectors ‘new kids on the block’ keep making the pace regarding new routes and cheap fares. Here we look at two airlines from very different backgrounds, and what they have […]

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