Trip . com Turns Up the Savings this November with Mega Deals on Flights , Hotels

Airlinesaustraliannews.net9 Nov4 outlets reporting

Trip . com Turns Up the Savings this November with Mega Deals on Flights , Hotels

SYDNEY, Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- November isn't just for shopping carts - it's for packing suitcases for Christmas too! Trip.com is giving Aussie travellers plenty of reasons to plan their next getaway, with its Black Friday Mega Sale bringing together a line-up of travel deals across 11.11 and Black Friday.

From bargain airfares to hotel steals and discounted travel experiences, Trip.com is packing November with deals worth setting an alarm for. Kicking off the shopping festivities, the sale will feature two major flash sale days on 10 and 11 November, with domestic flights from just $29, Bali flights from $109, 4-star Bali hotels from $19 a night, and even $1 eSIMs. More deals will follow on 27 November for Black Friday.

Closer to home, travellers can also enjoy exclusive deals at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Gold Coast, including $20 off Koala Connection Experiences and 50% off Astra Lumina tickets.

The savings take off on 10 November, with a series of limited-time flight offers dropping throughout the day.

Up to $200 off with participating airlines, including Jetstar, Virgin Australia, Qantas, Sichuan Airlines, Fiji Airways, Singapore Airlines and Philippine Airlines, and more

Note: Flight offers are for eligible departures from Australian cities, subject to applicable terms and conditions.

More flight savings will be released later in the day:

11 November: Hotels, Attractions and More Join the Sale

On 11 November, the spotlight shifts to accommodation and experiences, with savings on hotels in Australia and overseas, alongside attractions, transport and travel essentials.

Note: Hotel promo codes require a minimum two-night stay, while hotel flash sale prices are limited to a maximum of two nights per hotel per user, subject to availability.

At 6pm, tiered hotel promo codes offering up to $100 off eligible bookings will also be available.

27 November: Black Friday Brings Another Wave of Travel Deals

The November savings don't end with 11.11. On 27 November, Trip.com will bring back popular deals, including domestic flights from $29, international flights to Bali from $109, Ho Chi Minh City from $149, alongside hotel promo codes of up to 50% off (capped at $100).

Travellers can also look forward to up to 50% off flight promo codes (capped at $100), up to $200 off airline coupons with participating carriers, $1 eSIMs, and discounts of up to 50% on car hire and up to 20% on airport transfers.

Family Fun with Exclusive Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Deals

Trip.com has partnered with Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary - one of Gold Coast's iconic attractions - to offer an exclusive $20 off Koala Connection Experiences, with admission and encounter tickets from $69 for children and $89 for adults. Visitors can explore a purpose-built koala habitat, learn about its koalas from a keeper and take home a memorable photo. Named among Trip.com's 2026 Global 100 Family-Friendly Attractions, the sanctuary will also offer 50% off Astra Lumina tickets (including general admission) during the 11.11 and Black Friday sales, for visits up to 19 December 2026.

Terms and Conditions apply. All promotional offers are available on a first-come, first-served basis within the specified period and while stocks last. Please note that all deals are in AEDT time.

For more information, please visit https://au.trip.com/.

Trip.com is an international one-stop travel service provider, available in 27 languages across 48 countries and regions in 44 local currencies. Offering an extensive hotel and flight network of more than 1.7 million hotels and flights from over 680 airlines, along with over 350,000 in-destination activities, Trip.com covers 3,500 airports in 220 countries and regions. Trip.com's world-class 24/7 multilingual customer service helps to 'create the best travel experience' for its millions of customers worldwide. To book your next trip, visit Trip.com.

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Airlinesaerotime.aero9 Nov

Emirates opens $8 million Dubai cabin crew hospitality hub to UAE businesses

The airline said on November 9, 2026, that UAE organizations can now book courses of one to five days at its Centre of Hospitality Excellence. According to Emirates, government entities, universities and regional companies have already taken part since it began running external programs.

Emirates unveiled the US $8 million center in October 2025 as a training facility for its roughly 25,000 cabin crew, and said at the time it expected more than 10,000 to train there by the end of that year.

The center sits within the Emirates Crew Training Centre and includes a restaurant and lounge for up to 170 guests, presentation kitchens, eight classrooms and a training kitchen modeled partly on an aircraft galley.

The facility grew out of a 2020 partnership with Switzerland’s Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, which helped Emirates define its service approach around four values: excellence, attentiveness, innovation and passion. It opened seven months after the airline launched a 24/7 Crew Zone at its Dubai headquarters in March 2025.

Organizations choose from modules on hospitality fundamentals, fine dining service and etiquette, wine (taught by WSET Level 3-certified trainers), culinary techniques with Emirates chefs, team-building, and leadership sessions with Emirates executives.

Tours of the airline’s training facilities, including its aircraft simulators, are also offered, and programs can be customized. Emirates did not disclose pricing.

Thomas Ney, Divisional Senior Vice President Service Delivery at Emirates, said the airline wanted to share expertise built up over decades. “Delivering exceptional hospitality requires more than technical training,” he said.

The center remains part of Emirates’ crew training. All cabin crew complete an eight-week program at the Crew Training Centre covering safety, security, medical care and service. At the hospitality center, crew are also served a four-course meal of First and Business Class dishes as guests, practice plating, and take part in a three-level wine program introduced in 2024.

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Airlinesthepointsguy.com9 Nov

First look: United unveils gorgeous new Washington Dulles concourse, massive lounge

Travelers on United Airlines Flight 1252 from Washington to Chicago on Tuesday are in for a surprise.

They will be the first to depart from the spacious new E Gates at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), the first piece of the airport’s more than $20 billion redevelopment and the future center of United’s hub operation at the airport.

“It’s much more spacious,” Andrew Nocella, the chief commercial officer of United, said at a ribbon cutting on Monday. “The gate hold areas are large so there’s plenty of places to sit and there are all kinds of new, great restaurants to enjoy.”

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Nocella added: “It’s the tip of the iceberg to the future development of Dulles.”

The redevelopment calls for the extension of the E Gates far to the west with room for up to 50 gates. The rest of IAD will also get a needed upgrade, including the modernization and expansion of Eero Saarinen's iconic terminal, an extension of the AeroTrain and a new international arrivals facility. The aim is to open all of this by the mid-2030s.

“This is the first step to retiring Concourse C-D [and] eliminating mobile lounges — someday," said Jack Potter, the CEO of IAD operator the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

For now, though, the focus at Dulles is on the new E Gates. They're located directly above the AeroTrain station for Concourse C. That is possible because the station was built in 2010, a long walk to the south of the existing Concourse C with the plan to eventually build a concourse above it.

Travelers coming from the train enter the E Gates in a large, high-ceilinged atrium with the new United Club immediately to their right. At 40,000 square feet, the new lounge is the second largest in United's system after the one recently opened at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH).

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The look and feel of the lounge draws its aesthetic from the Washington, D.C., area. The entryway is inspired by the Washington Metro's vaulted subway stations; a cherry blossom mobile hangs in the central seating area; and a Blue Ridge Mountain-themed mural is painted on one of the walls.

"Lounges are very important to our customers," said Nocella. "You can see no design detail was left untouched" in the new E Gates lounge.

From the E Gates atrium, travelers make their way down the concourse itself. Gate areas are interspersed with concessions along the length. And, above, a sterile hallway takes arriving international travelers to the end of the concourse where they can board a mobile lounge to the international arrivals facility in the main terminal.

United will operate both international and domestic flights from the E Gates, Nocella said.

And, for design enthusiasts, the authority used Saarinen's original font for the gate numbers in the new concourse.

The E Gates will allow United to grow its hub at IAD. The airline plans to grow departures by about 20% next summer to around 300 daily flights, up from 250 earlier this year, Nocella said.

United will operate up to roughly 275 departures from IAD in November, schedule data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows. In June 2027, the number jumps to as many as 290 a day though schedules remain in flux.

What the E Gates will not do is replace the six ground-level gates at the end of Concourse A — gates A1 to A6 — used by United Express regional jets. This was the original plan when the project was approved in the early 2020s.

Instead, United will use the new E Gates to "take the pressure off the C and D facility," Nocella said.

Potter, when asked when the airport authority will close the ground-level A Gates, said: "They’ll stay open until construction has proceeded sufficiently such that they can be relocated."

The authority aims to complete the build out of Concourse E, and the first phase of Concourse G further to the south, by 2030, Potter added.

United plans to expand its IAD hub to around 400 daily departures with all the new gates, Nocella said.

Asked when the airline would grow to 400 departures, he smiled and said they will unveil that at a "different announcement."

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Airlinescnbctv18.com9 Nov

Why 12 foreign airlines have approached the government over Mumbai airport's slot decision

Twelve foreign airlines have approached the Civil Aviation Ministry seeking intervention after Adani-run Mumbai Airport decided not to accommodate their requested slots at Terminal 2 from the summer 2027 schedule. The airlines have questioned whether the government has approved the decision to move their flights serving 14 international destinations to Navi Mumbai and want their historic slots restored.

The Airline Operators Committee has also urged the government to intervene and direct Mumbai Airport to reconsider its decision.

The dispute stems from a proposal submitted by Adani to the government on October 30, seeking to move all airlines operating flights to 14 international destinations to Navi Mumbai International Airport. Indian airlines have already announced plans to shift some of their flights on these routes.

Sources told CNBC-TV18 that Indian airlines sought an assurance from Mumbai Airport that they would not be the only carriers required to relocate their operations to Navi Mumbai. This led to the proposal to extend the shift to foreign airlines operating on the same routes.

After several rounds of meetings on the transition plan, Mumbai Airport informed the 12 airlines by email on November 5 that it would not be able to accommodate their requested Terminal 2 slots from the summer 2027 schedule. The foreign airlines did not agree to the proposed arrangement.

The affected carriers are Air Arabia, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Oman Air, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Riyadh Air, Jazeera Airways, SalamAir, flyadeal, flynas and Nepal Airlines. Nepal Airlines is the only Asian carrier among them.

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