Eurostar is planning to launch direct train services between London, Switzerland and Germany, in the early 2030s.
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/eurostar-london-frankfurt-germany-geneva-switzerland
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Qatar Airways retained its No.1 ranking, and was also named Best Airline in the Middle East, Worldâs Best Business Class, and Best Business Class Airline Lounge.
Singapore Airlines, a five-time winner of Worldâs Best Airline award, took second place this year, also receiving the award for Worldâs Best Cabin Crew, along with Worldâs Best First Class and the Best Airline in Asia.
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- Cathay Pacific
- Emirates
- ANA All Nippon Airways
- Turkish Airlines
- Korean Air
- Air France
- Japan Airlines
- Hainan Airlines
- Swiss International Air Lines
- EVA Air
- British Airways
- Qantas Airways
- Lufthansa
- Virgin Atlantic
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- STARLUX Airlines
- Air Canada
- Iberia
AirAsia was named the Worldâs Best Low-Cost Airline.
About a dozen Jetstar flights between capital cities and Bali scheduled for Wednesday morning were cancelled, while flight trackers showed delays of up to three hours for about another dozen flights scheduled this afternoon and evening.
âAt this stage, forecasts show the ash cloud is expected to clear by later tonight,â the airline said in a written statement on its website.
The airline said it reached out to impacted customers to discuss their options.
Virgin Australia also cancelled all flights between Bali and Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, while Qantas-operated flights showed delays.
Singapore Airlines, Air India, and Air New Zealand were among the international airlines that also cancelled flights to and from Bali because of the ash cloud.
Air New Zealand said it was working to re-book impacted customers.
The Indonesian government also closed the Fransiskus Xaverius Seda airport on Flores island to ensure the safety of its passengers.
Has anyone been to Jordan? I want to go next year (wars permitting) just wondering if anyone could give me suggestions and recommended length of stay?
It was also reported on 7News Melbourne tonight.
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Virginâs relisted shares closed today at $3.23.
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/virgin-australia-dogs-pets-on-planes
Yes I went to Jordan a few years ago and honestly it exceeded my expectations. We did it in 4 or 5 days I think and booked a private tour which was quite cheap. Literally had our own driver take us from place to place with accommodation included.
In that time you can do the main things - Amman (only really need a full day there), Petra and Dead sea. Plus many stops at sights along the way if you do a tour / private driver like we did. Petra actually blew my mind, far exceeded my expectations and is still one of the most amazing places Iâve seen. One thing didnât get to was Wadi Rum, which I believe is worthwhile so add another day or two if you want to do that.
I was actually recently looking into potentially going to Oman later this year as it looks to have a similar feel to Jordan. Iâm going to wait and see how the situation in that part of the world goes before considering that now though.
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In Melbourne for 4 nights, staying at the Australia 108 building, a couple of pics of the view from my room on Level 66.
Just wondered in the 2nd pic, what the cluster of high rises just in front of the left hand side of the Dandenongs is? Is that Box Hill?
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Yes thatâs Box Hill. A number of high rises have been constructed in the precinct in the past decade.
Here is a recent photo I have found on the net.
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No, thatâs Chappell Street. Channel 10 is located in that precinct.
Box Hill is further out. .
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The airline has released a statement saying that, on Monday, it detected unusual activity on a third-party platform used by a Qantas airline contact centre.
The airline said 6 million customers had service records in this platform.
Qantas said it was investigating the proportion of the data that had been stolen, though it expected it would be âsignificantâ.
An initial review confirmed the data included some customersâ names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers, the airline said.
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The news came on the same day that Qantasâ first Airbus A321XLR landed at Sydney Airport, after flying from Hamburg with a stopover at Bangkok.
https://simpleflying.com/qantas-1st-a321xlr-delivery-long-flight/
3AW afternoons fill-in host Shane McInnes had a phone chat with Teri OâToole, federal secretary of Flight Attendants Association of Australia, on this issue today.
Yeah my flight to Perth was cancelled.
Cold in Perth so better to be stuck at my 2nd home , only work in Australia these days, lifestyle there is unfortunately crap now
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This morning Qantas revealed the scale of last weekâs data breach.
The analysis of customersâ personal data has found (all numbers are approximate):
- 4 million customer records are limited to name, email address and Qantas Frequent Flyer details. Of this:
- 1.2 million customer records contained name and email address.
- 2.8 million customer records contained name, email address and Qantas Frequent Flyer number. The majority of these also had tier included. A smaller subset of these had points balance and status credits included.
Of the remaining 1.7 million customers, their records included a combination of some of the data fields above and one or more of the following:
- Address â 1.3 million. This is a combination of residential addresses and business addresses including hotels for misplaced baggage delivery.
- Date of birth â 1.1 million
- Phone number (mobile, landline and/or business) â 900,000
- Gender â 400,000. This is separate to other gender identifiers like name and salutation.
- Meal preferences â 10,000
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