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Virgin launches Queenstown, Wellington flights
Virgin Australia will launch new routes between Sydney and Wellington and between Melbourne and Queenstown from October this y...
Emirates refreshes spirits menu
Emirates is adding a selection of new spirits and liqueurs to its inflight drinks menu for first class and business class trav...
Emirates' new Airbus A380 first class suites
Emirates plans luxurious new first class suites for its Airbus A380s, along with bathrooms and shower spa suites, in what airli...
Lufthansa's Airbus A320neo business class seat
Lufthansa has revealed its new 2019 business class seat for the German airline's Airbus A320neo and A321neo jets, so without f...
Qantas fast-track to Platinum, Gold status
This article is part of our ongoing Business Travel 101 series for newcomers to the world of business travel. Looking for a s...
Boeing’s all-new business class seat
Boeing has pulled back the covers on its all-new business class seat, which will be offered to airlines as an off-the-shelf sea...
Singapore Airlines brings Boeing 787-10 to Perth
Singapore Airlines will begin flying its new Boeing 787-10 aircraft to Perth from May 7 2018, bringing with it the airline's ne...
Qantas fits more passengers on the A380
Qantas plans to squeeze more passengers onto its Airbus A380 superjumbos – by blocking off a pair of emergency exit doors...
Etihad axes Perth-Abu Dhabi flights
Virgin Australia partner Etihad Airways will end its Perth-Abu Dhabi flights from October 2 2018. A spokesman for Etihad Airwa...
Airbus plans sleeping bunks for cargo hold
Airbus will offer airlines the opportunity to convert part of an airplane's downstairs cargo hold into sleeping berths using c...
SQ Boeing 787-10 best business class seats
With Singapore Airlines' new Boeing 787-10 set to take a number of regional routes under its wing, travellers will soon be scop...
AirNZ adds trans-Tasman flights
Less than a week after announcing the end of its alliance with Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand has fired the first volley in ...
Qantas boosts SFO codeshare flights
Travellers on Qantas' San Francisco flights from Sydney and Melbourne – the latter starting on September 1, 2018 as ...
NASA supersonic jet to have more zoom, less boom
An experimental supersonic 'X-plane' developed by NASA will take flight in 2021 with a top speed of almost 1,600km/h but create...
Velocity Daily: earn extra Velocity points on Visa
Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer members can now earn extra Velocity points on Visa credit and debit card purch...
Flying trans-Tasman, with VA, AirNZ: what now?
Travelling trans-Tasman with Virgin Australia or Air New Zealand over the coming year, and wondering what’ll happen to your bo...
Virgin Australia, AirNZ end trans-Tasman alliance
Air New Zealand has pulled the plug on its trans-Tasman alliance with Virgin Australia, with the two airlines set to part ways ...
Do non-stop flights really save much time?
Like it or not, we're entering the era of ultra-long distance travel – a world where flight times can stretch to 20 hours...
