Indonesian authorities have temporarily paused flights at eight airports following a volcanic eruption. Around 170,000 travellers are reportedly stranded after Anak Krakatau began showing signs of activity on Friday night. After ash from the volcano entered the airspace near Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesian authorities made the decision to halt flights. Soekarno-Hatta closed on Sunday […]
There are currently delays averaging nearly 90 minutes at Miami International Airport after an Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway and landed on a road. Five people were killed, and five more injured, after an Amazon Prime cargo plane travelling from Puerto Rico overshot the runway, hitting cars and later catching fire. The accident happened […]
Travel Agent Finder (TAF) is celebrating its fifth birthday with the launch of its national campaign, ‘Five Years of Finding the Perfect Match’. The campaign invites travel advisors and their clients to share their TAF success stories to go in the draw to win a prize pool worth more than $12, 500. There are two […]
An emergency department nurse from Orange, NSW, is swapping scrubs and shift work for swimwear and Sri Lankan adventures after beating more than 30,000 applicants to become Luxury Escapes’ first-ever Travel Tester. Emily Sutherland, an avid traveller who has visited more than 20 countries, will spend the next 12 months road-testing a selection of the […]
Melbourne Airport will open new public pick up and drop off zones for terminals 1, 2 and 3 on October 6 – the biggest change to the airport’s road network since it opened in 1970. The new free drop off zone on level 3 of the T123 Transport Hub will offer significantly more space than […]
A Flight Centre Cherrybrook travel advisor has returned from an incentive trip to Vancouver with more than just new destination knowledge – he came home engaged. Sam Stratten, a Vancouver Specialist at Flight Centre Cherrybrook, won the trip after completing Destination Vancouver and Air Canada’s Vancouver Specialist Program (VSP) and Air Canada’s University Training as […]
Queensland aviation company Machjet International has added a second Cessna Citation CJ4 to its fleet, giving it two of only three CJ4 aircraft currently operating in Australia. The new aircraft, VH-IPY, has arrived at Machjet’s Sunshine Coast Airport base and joins the existing CJ4, VH-PIY, boosting the company’s private charter capacity in response to growing […]
BATAM, Mediabatam.id — Aktivitas pematangan lahan di kawasan Mergong hingga Teluk Mata Ikan, Nongsa, kembali menjadi sorotan. Dari pantauan di lapangan, terlihat aktivitas alat berat dan kendaraan pengangkut material tanah di area yang tengah mengalami perubahan bentang lahan. Kondisi tersebut memunculkan sejumlah pertanyaan serius: siapa pemegang hak atas lahan tersebut, apa dasar perizinan kegiatannya, bagaimana […]
Narasi Akun TikTok “info.bantuan.presiden” pada Sabtu (15/8/2026) mengunggah video [arsip], isinya memperlihatkan Wakil Menteri Keuangan Suahasil Nazara, mantan Menteri Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara Abdullah Azwar Anas, dan Menteri Kesehatan Budi Gunadi Sadikin menuturkan narasi sebagai berikut: “Assalamualaikum, besok hari Minggu tanggal 16 Agustus dicatat jangan sampai terlewat. Kami dari kementerian dan lembaga menghimbau kepada seluruh masyarakat […]
BATAM, Mediabatam.id — Aktivitas pengerukan bukit di kawasan Mergong, Nongsa, kembali menuai sorotan. Dari pantauan di lokasi, terlihat aktivitas penggalian tanah merah serta kendaraan truk yang mengangkut material hasil pengerukan. Kondisi di lapangan memperlihatkan sejumlah bagian bukit telah berubah menjadi hamparan tanah terbuka. Aktivitas tersebut menimbulkan pertanyaan publik terkait status perizinan, peruntukan material, serta dampak […]