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Dan and Amalie Knox with their son Darcy and terrier Scout at Pier One.

Sydneysiders opt for bargain staycations as regions book out

It's nearly the school holidays but with borders closed and the state's regions filling up, some Sydney families are preparing for a holiday close to home.

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Qantas will use its Boeing 787 Dreamliner 'Emily', featuring Indigenous livery, for the flights.

Qantas sightseeing flight to nowhere sells out in 10 minutes

Travellers desperate to get in the air will be able to board a Qantas flight taking in some of Australia's iconic sights.

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Sydney Domestic Airport during travel restrictions.

Broken hearts and hashtags: 100,000 Australians still can't get home

Tens of thousands of Australians remain stranded overseas and are struggling to get home due to the Government's strict limits on the number of people who can arrive in the country each week.

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People take selfies in front of Trevi Fountain.

Italy's face mask rules make as much sense as a peeing section in a swimming pool

Face masks certainly didn't spoil my trip to Italy. But they were a distraction.

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Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas will now resume cruising from Australia on January 4.

Cruises line suspends trips until next year after government extends ban

Royal Caribbean Group, one of the largest cruise companies operating in Australia, has cancelled all its remaining cruises in the region for this year, with plans to restart in 2021.

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British backpackers at Bondi Beach. Young foreigners love seeing Australia, so why don't young Australians?

Backpackers love Australia, why don't young Aussies?

For Australian tourism providers, it must be the most frustrating thing in the world.

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Singapore Airlines is reportedly planning sightseeing 'flights to nowhere'.

Singapore Airlines reportedly planning 'flights to nowhere'

With airlines grounding hundreds of planes around the world due to the COVID-19 downturn in travel, some carriers are looking for innovative ways to generate revenue.

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Rome Fiumicino Airport is the world's first to receive a five-star COVID-19 safety rating from Skytrax.

World's first 'five-star' COVID-safe airport named as Heathrow falls short

The company behind the World Airlines Awards is now rating airports for their safety measures.

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Daphne Lin and Tia Dolan would prefer to travel abroad rather than within Australia as they find domestic options too ...

The reason young Aussies won't travel domestically, despite overseas ban

The lack of affordable domestic travel options geared towards younger Australians is leaving Millenials with few options for a holiday.

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Transporting a COVID-19 vaccine around the world will be the biggest challenge in the history of air freight, says the ...

'Eight thousand jumbo jets needed' to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

Shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world will be the "largest transport challenge ever", according to the airline industry.

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Flight Centre and Travel Associates have refunded 144,000 bookings worth $800 million since March, but still have about ...

Six months on, thousands of travellers still waiting for refunds

Tens of thousands of Australians are still waiting on refunds for cancelled travel, more than six months after the COVID-19 pandemic caused mass disruption to holiday plans.