Popular online auction sites eBay and The Trading Post are about to come under close scrutiny. The Australian Tax Office has been granted approval to wade through the massive history of transactions across both of the websites in a search for people who cheat the tax system online. The landmark project was ...Read More...

The Australian corporate travel market is about to enjoy a whole new level of service. National carrier Qantas has announced it is revamping its business class services as low cost airlines Tiger and Virgin Blue seek to muscle-in on the lucrative corporate sector. Qantas, the nation’s largest carrier, will refurbish its airport ...Read More...

Australian pilots are heading to court after alleging that Qantas created its subsidiary Jetconnect to avoid paying proper wages. The Australian and International Pilots Association is arguing that the Qantas-owned Jetconnect, which was initially established in New Zealand, is little more than a ‘sham company’, set up by the parent company ...Read More...

The ‘mother of all’ domestic airline battles is set to hit the Australian travel industry. That is the verdict of Peter Harbison, one of the country’s most respected airline industry analysts and founder of the well-respected Sydney Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation. Mr Harbison’s claims come at a time when, for the first ...Read More...

Australia’s national carrier Qantas is just one of 24 airlines that have been issued with legal proceedings by British Airways. The action comes as British Airways argues that it alone should not be landed with the blame for a price-fixing lawsuit brought against it. Qantas is joined by the likes of Cathay ...Read More...

The Ashes in 2013 in the UK will remain with pay television provider Sky. There had been calls for a review to the pay TV contract of crickets greatest rivalry within the UK, arguing that it should join what have been labelled a list of sporting ‘crown jewels’ on free TV, ...Read More...

The high profile dispute between cabin crew members and British Airways bosses has been seemingly prolonged by the latest poll results. The recently released ballot results by Unite, the union which represents the BA cabin crew, has seen both sides trumpeting the statistics as proving in their favour. The results were in ...Read More...

Leading Indian airline Kingfisher will join Qantas Airlines in the leading travel alliance group OneWorld. OneWord, which already comprises of 11 major international airlines all built on a reputation as regional leaders, will welcome the addition of the leading passenger airliner Kingfisher. The airline will join such noted others as Qantas, ...Read More...

At least 52 people have been confirmed dead following a collision of two Indian passenger trains. According to local media, there also concerns that this number may grow as the 90 confirmed injured passengers undergo treatment in hospital, with a range of injuries and severity following the incident which saw one ...Read More...

Air New Zealand, the country’s largest carrier, has denied media reports of a buy-in of Virgin Blue. The two airlines are currently the subject of media speculation as they await a court ruling on the possibility of an alliance going ahead which would see them step up competition to challenge Qantas ...Read More...