Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has reiterated the airline’s vision to resume international flights from Australia (beyond New Zealand) remains steadfast for late October 2021.

Qantas and Jetstar have pushed back a planned recommencement of overseas flights by four months, from July until the end of October 2021 as a result of the ongoing pandemic.

Silversea Cruises has unveiled a new 139-night World Cruise that will depart from Sydney, Australia in early January 2023.

Qantas Frequent Flyers can now earn and use points on premium train trips around Australia including The Ghan, Indian Pacific and the Great Southern.

Qantas and Accor have forged deeper bonds that will see mutual members of their loyalty programs be rewarded at every stage of their travel journey. Scheduled to launch mid-2021, it will be the first partnership of its kind between an airline and hospitality group in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Australian and Tasmanian Governments will bankroll the relaunch of nonstop international flights to Hobart from January 2021.

Sabre has bolstered its partnership with Qantas that will benefit travel advisors, providing them access to richer information about the airline’s fares, products and services.

The oneworld airline alliance’s 13 members have committed to achieve net zero emissions in 30 years.

Qantas and China Eastern Airlines have been granted interim authorisation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for an extended Joint Coordination Agreement (JCA) enabling the carriers to continue to coordinate operations between Australia and mainland China until March 2022.

Qantas has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) the future of its sole route between Australia and China will be in jeopardy if an extension of its alliance with China Eastern is not extended by 18 months.

Antarctica Flights has chartered the ultra-modern Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner to operate a series of non-stop flightseeing trips over the White Continent, between November 2020 and February 2021.

Capitalising on an upswing in online retail purchases, Qantas Frequent Flyer members will soon be able to accrue Qantas Points through the Buy Now Pay Later platform, Afterpay.