From 12pm on Wednesday, the state government will tighten the rules to allow people to cross the border in Queensland, in order to ease the pressure on its “overwhelmed” hotel quarantine system.

The 90-second campaign features three sets of passengers and their reasons to travel internationally, including a wedding in Singapore, a visit to Disneyland and to see family in the UK.

Melburnians may be able to book a ‘flying taxi’ via an Uber-style app in just five years’ time after Embraer signed a landmark agreement to bring the tech to the Victorian capital.  

According to a BITRE report, a total of 31.8 per cent of all scheduled flights were cancelled in July, or 9,351 flights, following June's record-breaking 9,406 flight cancellations.