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☆ Bonza Airlines cancels all flights and leaves Australian travelers stranded
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Around Australia, travelers are stranded and trying to get home after low-cost airline Bonza unexpectedly announced it has “temporarily suspended services.”The airline, Australia’s newest, had a fleet of six planes, all painted a bright purple color and given Aussie-inspired names like Sheila and Matilda. Catherine King, Australia’s transportation minister, told reporters Tuesday that she had spoken with representatives from Bonza and urged them to keep passengers fully informed. Qantas, Australia’s largest air carrier, services only six of the 36 routes that Bonza has been flying. “We will immediately support any passengers stranded mid-journey by offering complimentary seats on Virgin Australia-operated flights to the airport nearest to their final planned Bonza destination,” the airline wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Currently, the company’s website is still online, but it’s not possible to book flights and all travel dates appear blacked out.

Persons: Bonza, Sheila, Matilda, Tim Jordan, ”, Catherine King, “, ” King, ” Bonza Organizations: CNN, Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia Locations: Australia, Bonza, Launceston, Tasmania, Gladstone, Queensland

☆ Australia antitrust watchdog to oversee domestic air travel sector
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Qantas plane takes off from Kingsford Smith International Airport, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Sydney, Australia, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Qantas Airways Ltd FollowSYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Australia will ask its competition watchdog to monitor domestic passenger flights in a bid to boost competition in a sector dominated by national carrier Qantas, which is under scrutiny for alleged anti-competitive behaviour. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will monitor prices, costs and profits in the domestic air passenger sector, according to a joint statement from Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Transport Minister Catherine King on Wednesday. "A competitive airline industry helps to put downward pressure on prices and deliver more choice for Australians facing cost-of-living pressures," the statement said. "ACCC market scrutiny will help ensure airlines compete on their merits, bring to light any inappropriate market conduct should it occur, and provide continued transparency at a time when new and expanding airlines are still trying to establish themselves."

Persons: Loren Elliott, Jim Chalmers, Catherine King, Alan Joyce, Lewis Jackson, Muralikumar Organizations: Qantas, Kingsford Smith International, REUTERS, Rights Companies Qantas Airways Ltd, SYDNEY, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, Transport, Qatar Airways, Thomson Locations: Sydney, Australia

☆ Australia says Qatar strip-searches of women in 2020 a factor in blocking extra flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows the Qatar Airways' airbus A350 parked outside Qatar Airways maintenance hangar in Doha, Qatar, June 20, 2022. REUTERS/Imad Creidi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSYDNEY, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Australia said a strip-search of women at Qatar's main airport in 2020 played a part in its decision this year to stop Qatar Airways from selling more flights to Australia, denying it was acting due to pressure from rival Qantas Airways. The claim brings a new element to a controversy surrounding the Australian Labor government's relationship with Qantas (QAN.AX) which had lobbied against a Qatar Airways request to increase its flights. It was "nonsense" to suggest that adding more Qatar Airways flights would have put downward pressure on international fares, King added. Antitrust regulator the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said more Qatar Airways flights would have lowered fares.

Persons: Imad Creidi, Catherine King, King, Alan Joyce, Vanessa Hudson, Byron Kaye, Kirsty Needham, Michael Perry Organizations: Qatar Airways, airbus, REUTERS, Rights, Qantas Airways, Australian Labor, Qantas, Australian, Hamad International Airport, Antitrust, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, ACCC, Thomson Locations: Doha, Qatar, Australia, Qatar's, Canberra

☆ (foto) Un cuplu de canadieni timp de 20 de ani și-a construit „casa-insulă”
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

(foto) Un cuplu de canadieni timp de 20 de ani și-a construit „casa-insulă”Artiștii Wayne Adams și Catherine King petrec zile întregi în sânul naturii. Wayne și Catherine spun că acest golfuleț a fost aruncat, în urma scurgerii apei, pe Cypress Bay în Tofino, Columbia Britanică, ceea ce le-a permis să interacționeze cu natura fără a interveni în „creatura” ei. „Noi ne trăim viața într-un mod în care păstrăm mediul într-o stare sănătoasă și facem tot posibilul ca să trăim conștiincios în fiecare zi”, spune King. „Golfulețul Liber” este o evadare timp de mai mult de 20 de ani și nu e finisat încă. Wayne și Catherine continuă să creeze noi piese pentru a face un puzzle spectaculos.

Persons: Wayne Adams, Catherine King, Cuplul canadian, Wayne, Catherine, Cuplul, King, Veronica Organizations: Cypress, Columbia Britanică Locations: canadieni, Cypress Bay, Tofino, Columbia

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