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A Queensland man known as the Coffin Confessor is branching out into accommodation, offering campers the chance to sleep in a coffin for a night.

New Zealand's national airline will be asking passengers for a bit of extra help before they board the plane over the coming weeks.

The epic journey took nearly 10 years of travelling, all in a single unbroken journey. So how did he do it?

A man who opened an emergency exit on a flight in mid-air felt 'suffocated' and wanted to get off quickly

An Air New Zealand customer says his Thailand holiday was cut short after the airline wrongly said one of his flights had been cancelled.

The moment a 10 person brawl erupted at a US airport has been captured on video, depicting a group allegedly throw punches at one another as others wrestle on the ground.

Critics have said the measures don't go far enough stating, "no one will be fooled by this measure".

A spokesperson for Jetstar confirmed to 9news.com.au engineers are now examining the aircraft.

According to the cruise company, the death appeared to be caused by a medical situation.

Australia is a sought after country in the global property market, with millions of people travelling across the continent every year. Now, new data has revealed exactly where non-Australian homeowners are who have property down under.

A new pocket-sized card will be slipped into every Australian's passport when they land, in a bid to counter a recent string of bad behaviour.

Sydney has been named the best city in the world to live, by a survey conducted by Brand Finance.

The airline today announced the number of flights to key destinations will be increased each week adding up to one million more seats in the next 12 months.

After flying for a family funeral, all Annabel Selby-Jones wanted was a smooth trip home. Instead, what followed was 'degrading'.

US residents were advised to cancel their cross-border surgeries after five people who got procedures came back and developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis.

It will come as no surprise to anyone actually living in Australia that our pristine coastlines are being recognised internationally.

People flying on Qantas will now have the option to book themselves a little more room in economy class as "neighbour-free" seating rolls out for all comers.

From next week, check-in, bag drop and boarding gate closure times will change, the budget airline said.

Commercial suborbital flights slashing international journey times will be available over the coming decade, a new study said.

To some, it's an important means of social justice and holding powerful figures to account. But to others, it's often "misused and misdirected" and has become a form of mob rule.

There are several islands around the world where ordinary people are outright banned from visiting.

A Melbourne dad of two says he's "cracked the code" of rewards schemes, revealing to 9News how he flies his family business class around the world using just his Flybuys points.

Australia is 'behind much of the world' when it comes to protecting traveller's rights, consumer group claims.

Melbourne has been usurped as the most popular travel destination for Australians in winter, according to new search trends.

Australia charges one of the highest fees in the world for travelling overseas, and tourism industry leaders are pleading with the government to not increase it further in this week's budget.

It's now been two decades since the era of supersonic commercial flight ended with Concorde's final touchdown in an airfield in southwest England.

The Indonesian government is pondering a potential "tourist tax" on visitors to Bali as the number of arrivals continues to swell.

Swimming has been banned in a Pacific tourist hotspot for a year after a spate of shark attacks.

It comes after a spate of arrests and deportations of tourists overseas.

A hotel guest complaining about a smell in his Tibetan hotel room led to a corpse being found under the bed and a man being arrested for murder.

A Queensland man facing jail and caning after being accused of attacking an Indonesian fisherman has apologised in a video from prison.

The $128 titanium device looks innocuous but it's also designed to be a potentially deadly stabbing weapon.

Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, a 23-year-old from Noosa, was detained in the early hours of Thursday morning in the country's province of Aceh.

Mohon Mia fled his home country after someone tried to kidnap his wife and child. Now, after almost a decade in Australia, he faces being sent back.

The Japanese airline that mistakenly sold flight tickets for a fraction of their normal cost due to a technical glitch has announced it will not honour the sales.

Stargazers in South Australia have been left stunned by a spectacular light display in the night sky.

The last thing Michael wanted to see after he boarded a non-stop Qantas flight from London to Perth was a wing heavily patched with silver tape.

SpaceX's new rocket, the biggest and most powerful ever built, has blasted off on its first test flight, thundering into the South Texas sky before blowing apart minutes later.

Jakarta, Aruba, Tokyo and New York are just some of the destinations Herman Yip will be travelling to thanks to the massive price blunder.

Bali has already deported 93 foreigners from the island this year, leaving it well on track to surpass 2022, as the country seeks to crack down on bad behaviour.

Tech security experts say Australians travelling this Easter should never use public phone chargers such as those installed at airports.

The station officer works tirelessly through the night to reunite passengers with their lost valuables, sometimes on the tightest deadlines.

The Easter long weekend rush home has begun, with major traffic headaches across multiple states.

Strong winds have forced the closure of two runways at Sydney Airport, causing flight delays during one of the busiest weekends of the year.

A seaside boom town in New Zealand known as a haven for retirees, holidaymakers and day trippers would be a "death trap" in the event of a tsunami, residents say.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory on Thursday about the Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania.

Good Friday has begun and many Aussies will be basking in the long weekend relaxation but not before getting to their destinations.

The coming days are forecast to be the busiest since before the pandemic.

The man was trekking to Tumlingtar in the Sankhuwasabha district after departing Lukla when he fell ill on Monday.

A lawsuit by five Australian women allegedly forced into invasive strip searches at Doha's Hamad Airport are examining whether they can bring new claims of assault, battery and false imprisonment.