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Qantas brings first direct flight to Australia from Bengaluru

September 14, 2022265 Views

Australia’s national airline Qantas has on Wednesday launched a new route from Bengaluru (BLR) to Sydney (SYD), providing the first direct connection between Southern India and Australia by any airline. QF68 will cut nearly three hours off the current fastest travel time between the two cities and significantly boost connectivity between India and New South Wales. Since the announcement of the new service earlier this year, the route has seen strong demand, with both the outbound and inbound inaugural flights sold out in all cabins. The new services will provide new tourism opportunities for Bengaluru and India, with a direct gateway for Australian tourists to experience all that India has to offer. For people living in Bengaluru and southern India, it’s a convenient non-stop...

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Qantas can impact recovery of Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

May 24, 2022708 Views

New long haul flights could result in less layover and stopover traffic in UAE The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) aviation sector will likely find Qantas’ continuing announcements of direct long-haul routes concerning as they eliminate the need for layovers and stopovers, says GlobalData. According to the leading data and analytics company, full-service passenger airline revenue in the UAE is forecast to reach 95% of pre-pandemic (2019) levels in 2022. A significant reason for this strong recovery timeline is Abu Dhabi and Dubai’s status as major multi-stop hubs for global airline traffic. Ralph Hollister, Travel and Tourism Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Abu Dhabi and Dubai are major layover and stopover destinations for flights between Europe and Australia. This type of traffic ha...

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Qantas’ proposed ‘wellbeing zone’ set to change long-haul flights

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

May 11, 20221378 Views

Australian flag carrier Qantas’ plans for a ‘wellbeing zone’ onboard its aircraft, which will give passengers a physical place to meditate, stretch and relax on long-haul flights, could be a gamechanger for full-service carriers looking to differentiate themselves from Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs) operating similar long-haul routes, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Q1 2021 Global Consumer Survey revealed that 57% of respondents said that a product or service that impacts their health and wellbeing either ‘always’ or ‘often’ influences their purchase, highlighting strong demand for health and wellness offerings. Qantas plans to take passenger comfort to a whole new level by offering dedicated wellbeing zones to travellers on the ultra-long-h...

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Qantas to fly Sydney-London non-stop for longest flight

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

May 2, 20221220 Views

20-hour trip to be launched in 2025, will use specially configured A350-1000 aircrafts Qantas Airways will fly non-stop from Sydney to London after ordering a dozen special Airbus jets, charging higher fares in a multi-billion dollar bet that fliers will pay a premium to save four hours on the popular route. To be launched late in 2025, the flights will use A350-1000 aircraft specially configured with extra premium seating and reduced overall capacity to ferry up to 238 passengers on a 20-hour trip - the world's longest direct commercial flight. An Airbus A350-1000 test plane arrives at Sydney Airport as the backdrop for Qantas announcing an order for 12 of the planes in Sydney, Australia May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jamie Freed The long-discussed breakthrough will give Qantas a marke...

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Australia-New Zealand travel bubble launches with lopsided demand

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

April 20, 2021375 Views

A testing and quarantine free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand launched with lopsided demand, according to airlines and data firms, with an unusually high number of the travellers departing from Australia. The initial results from Asia’s first restriction-free travel bubble since the pandemic hit, which opened on Monday, showed that travel patterns can depart from their norms after such a long closure and may take time to return to normal. FILE PHOTO: A passenger arrives from New Zealand after the Trans-Tasman travel bubble opened overnight, following an extended border closure due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia. REUTERS/Loren Elliott “Right now, it’s one-way traffic, with almost three times as much travel goi...

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आओ हवाई जहाज में बैठें और चलें… कहीं नहीं!

UPENDRA SWAMI

September 20, 20201534 Views

यह बड़ा अजीब दौर है। जब कोरोना वायरस जड़ें जमाने की कोशिश कर रहा था तो हम घरों में दुबके बैठे थे और जब वायरस खुलकर अपना खेल खेल रहा है तो हम ‘आ बैल मुझे मार’ के अंदाज में सबकुछ खोल दे रहे हैं। लेकिन लोगों का यह भी कहना है कि अब और कोई रास्ता भी नहीं बचा सिवाय इसके कि वायरस से दो-दो हाथ करते हुए ही आगे बढ़ा जाए। एक नया वायरस कई नई-नई चीजें हमें दिखा रहा है। कोविड-19 की मार सबसे ज्यादा झेलने वालों में ट्रैवल व टूरिज्म का उद्योग सबसे प्रमुख रहा है। उड्डयन क्षेत्र भी उसी का एक हिस्सा है। हालांकि एक के बाद एक देश और इलाके अपनी सीमाओं को फिर से खोल रहे हैं, लेकिन थोड़ी एहतियात फिर भी सब बरत रहे हैं। बुखार में ऊपर-नीचे होते तापमान की ही तरह कोविड-19 से संक्रमित लोगों की संख्या आस-पड़ोस में जैसे ही कम-ज्यादा होती है, रियायत व पाबंदियां उसी तरह घटती-बढ़ती रहती हैं। खास तौर प...