Airline News Page 142

Virgin's coy on new east-west business class

Virgin Australia says it's not about to give any ground to Qantas in the ongoing Battle of Business Class, despite a third of i...

David Flynn |

BA A320neo loses Club Europe middle seat table

British Airways is dropping Club Europe's middle seat shelf on its new Airbus A320neo and A321neo jets, leaving business c...

David Flynn |

Emirates won't launch premium economy at ITB

There'll be no big bang launch for Emirates' new premium economy class at this month's ITB Berlin travel trade show, with the ...

David Flynn |

Qantas' Perth-London Boeing 787 menu

Qantas has already threatened promised a healthy approach to inflight dining on its non-stop Boeing 787 flights between Perth a...

David Flynn |

Dassault unveils Falcon 6X business jet

Dassault Aviation announced plans for a new long-range business jet on Wednesday, renewing a battle with Gulfstream at the top ...

Reuters |

Qantas delays Airbus A330 WiFi rollout to 2019

EXCLUSIVE | Qantas will push back the installation of inflight Internet to its domestic Airbus A330 fleet until 2019, with the ...

David Flynn |

Qantas, BA back startup to fix overbookings

Volantio, the US startup that helped United Airlines manage its overbookings in the wake of the Dr Dao scandal last summer, is ...

Bloomberg News |

Virgin Australia cancels privatisation

Virgin Australia said on Wednesday it will not go private as it reported first-half underlying profit rose 142.3% due to domest...

Reuters |

Virgin takes aim at Oneworld monopoly on HKG

Virgin Australia continues to muscle in on what its CEO has previously called the near-monopoly of Oneworld airlines Qantas and...

David Flynn |

Virgin to launch Sydney-Hong Kong flights

UPDATE | Virgin Australia's daily flights between Sydney and Hong Kong will launch on Monday July 2, 2018, and are now on sale ...

David Flynn |

Qantas threatens to cancel Dallas A380

Qantas is waving a big stick in its second attempt to have a joint venture with Oneworld partner American Airlines approved by ...

David Flynn |

Qantas Boeing 737s steam towards 50% WiFi

Qantas is marching towards a mid-year milestone for installing WiFi across its domestic Boeing 737 fleet, with around half of t...

David Flynn |

Qantas moves to Terminal 8 at JFK Airport

Passengers aboard Qantas’ New York flights will soon arrive into and depart from Terminal 8 at JFK Airport: home to American A...

Chris C. |

Malaysia Airlines ramps up Adelaide-KL flights

Qantas partner Malaysia Airlines will boost its Adelaide-Kuala Lumpur flights to five services per week from July as the airlin...

Chris C. |

On board a Tokyo-Paris 'virtual flight'

Fasten your seatbelts for a flight from Tokyo to Paris which never leaves the ground. That's exactly what 12 passengers did at...

Reuters |

Qatar Qsuite to get a little less private?

Qatar will lop a few inches off the height of its Qsuite business class doors in an evolution of the design for its forthcomin...

David Flynn |

SQ's new regional business class hits March 28

Singapore Airlines will preview its all-new regional business class seat on March 28, with selected members of the airline's el...

David Flynn |

Qantas is bullish on the Boeing 797

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce remains upbeat about the prospects of Boeing's forthcoming mid-sized jet, informally dubbed the Boeing 79...

David Flynn |