Budget airline easyJet has released its Easter 2021 flight sale - five months ahead of schedule.

The Government has faced pressure from airline bosses, tour firms and passengers to offer certainty around refunds for cancelled Easter and summer holidays.

It's the first European airline to make face masks mandatory for passengers

Covid-19 has caused losses of €1 billion in tourism revenue

The government is still advising Brits not to travel abroad

International travel remains on hold for "the foreseeable future" as the Government announces plans to open up local, regional and interstate travel.

Fresh support from the Federal Government and several states means the key carrier will be able to increase services across its network.

While the fate of Virgin and Qantas makes headlines, Australia's outback aviation companies say they've been forgotten by authorities.

A Brooklyn, N.Y., grand jury returned an indictment today against two former executives of Asiana Airlines, Inc. for participating in a conspiracy to fix economy class airfares paid by passengers for travel from the United States to the Republic of Korea.

At the World Economic Forum, the elite of the global economy arrive in the least sustainable mode of travel - a private jet. Yet a few of them will walk a few kilometers to donate bikes to school kids.

George Monbiot wades into the meat-and-climate debate by explaining how 'ethically' raised meat is actually worse for the planet than those raised in confined spaces. It leaves omnivores in an awkward position.

Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you

When the heck did electric commercial flight become a realistic prospect?!

Whether for exercise, electricity, or simply out of curiousity, the bicycle powered charging stations in Amsterdam airport appear popular

It makes sense in Europe. Too bad North Americans have so few alternatives.

The number of people flying between German cities has dropped 12 percent.

There's an "epidemic" of unused vacation days in the United States. This startup wants participating companies' employees to trade them in for plan contributions, or booking flights and hotel accommodations.

The Australian government has arranged four additional Qantas flights to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai in the coming fortnight. This blog has now closed

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To recap, this afternoon there were 6,929 Covid-19 cases in Australia, with the death toll at 97.

There had been 16 new cases in the last 24 hours, four of which were related to the Cedar Meats cluster in Victoria.

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There are just two people in South Australia considered to be active cases of Covid-19.

No further cases were recorded when the state health department released updated statistics on Saturday, with South Australia’s total tally remaining at 439.

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Since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, there has been no shortage of solidarity with those on the frontline on the pandemic. One such example comes from the French NGO Aviation Sans Frontières ("Aviation Without Borders"), which has brought together key players in the aviation sector to allow medical professionals to travel by plane free of charge from one French region to another. These flights help take some of the pressure off overwhelmed hospital staff. Our reporters Benoît Perrochais and Natalia Ruiz Giraldo went on board.

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The popular slang term, 'Mile High Club', which is the act of indulging in sexual intercourse while on board a flying aircraft has been the subject of numerous studies and researches over the years.

Some experts opine that the vibration of the plane may speed or improve sexual arousal of some commuters, who would then be motivated to engage in on-flight sexual activity. Other researchers have deduced that it may be occur due to a simple need of acting out a sexual fantasy or fetish about planes themselves. Most 'mile-high club' members reveal that the thrill of doing something taboo and the risk of being discovered excites them.

A recently conducted survey by a UK travel website found that the most common saucy act involved couples entering the lavatory together followed by “lots of banging and squealing,” although sneakier activities underneath a blanket were also quite popular.

Much debate still surrounds the legality of the practice of joining the mile-high club, although research indicates there’s a dependence on individual country laws and also just how visible the act is to other passengers which can fall under “public sex” laws.

Two respondents said they watched couples being escorted by police from flights in Australia as a results of their raunchy mile-high antics.

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of lockdown, the Ministry of Civil Aviation informed that airline operations of all domestic and international flights will remain suspended till May 3.

All domestic and international scheduled airline operations shall remain suspended till 11.59 pm, 3rd May: Ministry of Civil Aviation pic.twitter.com/dJaOJfVMzJ

— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2020

"All domestic and international scheduled airline operations shall remain suspended till 11.59 pm, 3rd May," the Ministry said. Earlier today in his address to the nation, Prime Minister Modi announced that the country will remain under lockdown till May 3 to contain COVID-19 cases. The 21-day lockdown, which was announced by the Prime Minister last month, was slated to end today.

Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have already announced the extension of lockdown. India's total number of coronavirus positive cases has climbed to 10,363 including 8,988 active cases, 1,035 cured/discharged/migrated and 339 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said today.

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Google has introduced updates to its existing "Google Flights" service that will now let users book a hotel at their travel destination directly from Search. Earlier, the service helped users predict flight delays and find the cheapest fare by using machine learning capabilities.

According to Engadget, the company might introduce more integration to help users with the entire travel process.

According to Google, it also added improved price filtering, easier to find information on amenities, along with the new booking feature.

"There are some new interface features that help you check travel options on your mobile phone, too. Over the next few days, you'll see a 'Hotels' option to tap at the top of a 'Google Flight' search page," the report said.

If users want to search for hotels first, they could flip over to the 'Flights' tab as well to check prices and book air travel.

In addition, one could search by destination, then look up flights and hotels from there.

A simple tap on "More Destinations" at the top left of the search results and see more places to go.

"If you've booked travel via Google or have reservations in your Gmail, you'll be able to see it all in the new private 'Your Trips' section," the company said.

A user could also e-mail these details directly from "Your Trips". In case of offline access, the information would show up in the "Google Trips" app.

The UK Conservative Party has agreed to consider reducing the rate of Air Passenger Duty for airports in Northern Ireland after agreeing a coalition government with the Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party party.

All the passengers in the flights were provided of two masks, sanitiser, snacks box with two cheese sandwiches and a fruit cake slice along with water.

Thousands affected as many flights cancelled and airports closed because of coronavirus pandemic

Airline’s operations at London’s second biggest airport face brunt of 12,000 job cuts

State-backed carrier starts cancelling flights as vital government funding is delayed

Australian carrier reviews operations and fleet due to coronavirus travel collapse

We examine what carbon offsetting organisations across the world say they do - and compare results from their 'carbon calculators', where you work out how much to pay to offset emissions.

Brisbane couple Jacqui Becker and her fiancé, Scott Sutherland are due to wed on New Year's Day on the Fiji's Coral Coast after a year of planning the event.

Staff from New South Wales Health will help federal biosecurity staff to monitor travellers following an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus which is believed to have spread from Wuhan.

The Singapore-based budget carrier has launched its 'Silly Season Sale' to mark the start of 2020 with international flights from Australia from as little as $135

Two hundred flights will leave for China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates in the next six months under the deal as borders globally are shut to slow the spread of the virus.

Alice Rowland, 28, from Northampton, attempted to cancel her and 26-year-old partner Jefferson George’s flights to Dominica after her doctor advised her against travelling.

Storm Ciara first brought gusts of up to 70mph on the west coast of Scotland on Saturday and it is set to sweep across the rest of the country throughout Sunday.

Jetstar and Qantas continued to offer a select number of routes - including Sydney to Melbourne - throughout the coronavirus pandemic and government-imposed restrictions on travelling.

The airline will operate two flights a week from London Gatwick to the beach resort of Enfidha, starting on May 2, 2020. UK airlines stopped flying to Tunisia in 2015 following Foreign Office advice.

PRAGUE, May 9 (Reuters) - Czech Airlines (CSA) will resume part of its operations on May 18 after a six-week interruption because of the coronavirus...

Flights were grounded or delayed at four London airports, passengers were stranded at Folkestone as Eurostar hit by delays and thunderstorms caused chaos.

The troops are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne who deployed to Kuwait earlier this week after the storming of the US Embassy in Baghdad by Iran-backed militiamen.

The US Federal Aviation Authority on Wednesday also barred US airliners from flying over Iraq and Iranian airspace in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak (pictured today) insisted the government doesn't believe stopping European flights is the 'right thing' on the day the Prime Minister will switch the nation from a 'contain' policy to 'delay'.

Australians will continue to fly through Iranian airspace despite the United states banning its flights because of pre-existing business deals with airlines in the area. 

Delta Air Lines said that reservations through March 2 on flights to Bologna, Milan and Venice in northern Italy, where cases have climbed, are eligible for rescheduling.

JetBlue has announced it will suspend fees for change to all its flight bookings. It applies to flights booked to any destination from February 27 and March 11, for travel completed by June 1.

British ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce issued a video message today warning that 'there are no plans for further British Government flights'.

Married At First Sight star Mike Gunner has shut down reports that this season's cast were forced to cover their own flights, accommodation and expenses to attend this year's Logie Awards. ,

The 'bubble' will be discussed at a national cabinet meeting of Australian leaders and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday.

Pilots for the major carrier began their 48 strike on Monday - grounding most fleets and causing chaos for jetsetters.