Flight Centre Travel Group

Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) is one of the world’s largest travel companies, employing 12,000 like-minded individuals – known as ‘Flighties’. Our story dates to 1973, when founder Graham Turner (aka “Skroo") and friend Geoff “Spy” Lomas buy a double-decker bus and take off on their first tour around Spain, Portugal and Morrocco, 3 years later forming the first business, Top Deck. After flight deregulations in the 80s our first retail "Flight Centre" stores opened in Australia in 1982, London in 1984, and NZ in 1987. 1987 was also the year we held our first “Global Gathering” awards event celebrating our amazing people, a tradition that continues to this day. And in 2025 we launched our very first loyalty program, World360 Rewards! Our Australian customers now able to earn and redeem points across Flight Centre, Travel Associates, and Cruiseabout. The company opened its first Flight Centre store in South Africa in 1995, launched in Canada the same year and entered the Mainland China market in 2004.

We’re in our 40s now and a lot has changed! With global headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, our company owned leisure and corporate travel businesses span three major regions: APAC, The Americas and EMEA. Our flagship corporate travel management brand, FCM, extends our reach even further through a network covering over 100 countries via both company-owned operations and independent licensees. The group operates all of its core retail, corporate and wholesale brands in Australia, and its UK operations cover eight corporate and leisure brands across 100 high street locations and corporate offices. In the United States, the business spans corporate travel management, leisure travel retail, independent agent networks and specialist travel services. Its portfolio includes Corporate Traveller, Scott Dunn, Topdeck, Aunt Betty, AVMIN, Back-Roads Touring, BYOjet, Cruise HQ and Discova.

With 30 brands across our global footprint, our team spans from customer-facing to internal support roles. The opportunities just as diverse – from a Travel Consultant at Flight Centre or Envoyage, to a Machine Learning Scientist in one of our tech pillars. Together, we live and breathe our number one philosophy, Our People, driven by our purpose ‘To open up the world for those who want to see’. Our values are simple and powerful - Ownership, Egalitarianism and Irreverence. We support our people with opportunities to help you thrive, connect, give, move and be rewarded. Our people have access to a suite of curated benefits to ensure holistic wellbeing – from mental and physicalhealth to financial freedom. The company describes its structure as flat and transparent, with no personal assistants for any staff, including the CEO.