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Jetstar’s first Airbus A321neo LR arrives at the airline’s hangar in Melbourne. Photo: Chris Hopkins Bigger seats, a larger overhead bin and a quieter cabin are what passengers look forward to when flying on Jetstar’s newest aircraft, the Airbus A320neo. Eleven years after ordering the plane, Jetstar’s first A320neo landed on Sunday at Melbourne Airport, having traveled from Hamburg, Germany, via Mumbai and Perth. The Jet, the A321neo LR (long-range) variation of the A320neo, comes to the crowd of Jetstar employees and their families with INXS’s New Sensation detonation throughout the hangar. The Jetstar Airbus A321neo LR has a complete economy class configuration with 232 seats. Photo: Craig Platt The jet engines are 15 percent more fuel efficient than Jetstar’s current A320 fleet, and 50 percent quieter and can fly up to 1200 kilometers further. Fuel efficiency is a key selling point for Airbus (“neo” means “new engine option”), as the airline seeks to reduce

Ashley Hodak has seized the opportunity to pursue a career as a flight attendant amid a job boom in the travel industry. Photo: Brook Mitchell Ashley Hodak’s new career is about to begin. The 27-year-old former child care and administrative worker recently completed a five-and-a-half-week flight attendant training program with Virgin Australia. Next week he will join his fellow cabin crew for his first flight from Sydney, bound for Hamilton Island. “I am so excited!” he says. Ashley Hodak (center) and her teammates during their final day of training with Virgin Australia. Photo: Brook Mitchell “I’ve had the Monday to Friday routine of nine to five, but I wanted a different lifestyle, and I’ve always had a passion for being a flight attendant. Now I really like it, and how the days will come. be very different. It’s really cool getting paid to travel and be a part of people’s vacations.” If you’ve ever dreamed of a career in the travel industry, there’s neve

Qantas passengers queued at Sydney Airport last month. Photo: Louise Kennerley Frank Zappa is always great for quotes. The legendary jazz-rockers of the ’60s usually had something to say, mostly insightful, sometimes quirky. I’ve always loved his quotes about the country, and what defines it. “You can’t be a real country,” he said, “unless you have beer, and airlines.” It’s kind of a throwaway line, but it rings true right away. Of course, that’s discounting all the beautiful countries where they don’t drink beer, and he keeps mentioning nuclear weapons, but let’s ignore that for a second. Here in Australia at least, we can understand it. We have a lot of different beers, and we are quite proud of them (if at times an understatement). And we also have airlines. Qantas. Without realizing it, we are proud of Qantas, and what the airline says about us as a nation. This is a startup company, a successful company, a company that represents courage and adventure and ingen

Jessica Lee went viral on TikTok after telling the story of how a Subway sandwich was fined $2664 upon arrival in Australia. The world’s most expensive sandwich is a gilded champagne-coated grilled cheese from New York’s Serendipity 3 which retails for $US214 ($311). But one woman ended up paying more than eight times that amount for half of the Subway ride that she forgot to state when she landed in Australia after a stopover in Singapore. The mistake cost Jessica Lee $2664 and made it go viral on TikTok. Soon, his face was plastered on the news from around the world – his story even got the attention of Subway, which awarded prizes to compensate for the fines. “Now my family calls me ‘Subway Girl,'” Lee, a 19-year-old Australian content creator, said. Jessica Lee ate only half of the Subway leg sandwich and saved the rest for later. The story of how chicken feet with lettuce became “the most expensive sandwich ever,” as Lee puts it, begins when he begins to expe

Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi. Etihad offers discounted stays at luxury hotels in Abu Dhabi. As Qantas moves forward with its plans to eliminate stopovers on long-haul flights, other airlines are offering passengers heavy discounts to get them to stop their journey. Among these offers are free luxury hotel stays, free domestic flights and exclusive fares on city tours and activities. United Arab Emirates airline Etihad Airways is the latest to relaunch its stopover program in time for the northern hemisphere’s busy summer period. Among the offers available to Australian travelers are a 40 per cent discount on hotels in Abu Dhabi, including five-star properties, and free stays around three- and four-star hotels. The airline also offers a “Transit Connect” stopover option which allows guests with a transit time of between 10 and 24 hours to book a free hotel near an international airport. UAE airline partner Emirates launched its stopover programme, Dubai Experience, in A

Ally Malpass thinks travel insurance is too expensive for a trip to Tasmania, but a flight cancellation leaves her stranded in Hobart. Photo: Oscar Colman Flight cancellations, lost baggage, COVID-19, and a host of other travel disruptions are causing travel insurance claims to skyrocket, sending insurance premiums and costs overboard. Australian travelers on the older and younger ends of the spectrum bear the brunt of this financial constraint. Older Australians are now finding it difficult – or very expensive – to buy insurance, with already high premiums boosted. And although preliminary data revealed younger Australians showed greater intention to buy travel insurance than before, factors such as rising inflation and more expensive policies proved to be a major deterrent. For Vanessa Fielden, 55, who divides her time between Melbourne and Bali, finding insurance that includes unlimited medical and repatriation coverage is non-negotiable. “My policy includes being flown