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Qantas' first Boeing 747 jumbo jet
As Qantas takes delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, we look back to the debut of another all-new and game-changing m...
How-to: free Partner Gold, Platinum status
Frequent business travellers often manage to notch up Gold or even Platinum frequent flyer status, but if you fly more than mos...
Qantas' new trans-Tasman schedule
Qantas is rejigging its trans-Tasman timetable for flights between Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland, following the deci...
Emirates axes more trans-Tasman flights
Emirates will axe its Melbourne-Auckland and Brisbane-Auckland fights as of 25 March 2018, handing the bulk of its trans-T...
Qantas first class flyers head to Singapore
TALKING POINT | Qantas' decision to return to Singapore as the stopover for Airbus A380 flights from Sydney to London from Mar...
Which Aussie banks support Apple Pay?
Fifty-two Australian banks and credit unions now support digital credit and debit card payments via Apple Pay, but is your card...
Air Berlin to shut down flights by October 28
Air Berlin will end flights on October 28 at the latest, according to a letter sent Monday to workers from the carrier's CEO&nb...
Malaysia Airlines A350 first class suites
Malaysia Airlines will outfit its Airbus A350 first class cabin with privacy doors with the aim of turning the seats into suite...
SilkAir's new Boeing 737 MAX business class
SilkAir has pulled back the curtains on a smart-looking set of business class seats for its new Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet, w...
Borghetti bullish on supersonic Boom
Virgin Australia chief John Borghetti feels the need: the need for speed. Supersonic speed, as it turns out – and he reck...
Malaysia Airlines: ex-Airberlin A330s for AKL
Malaysia Airlines plans to fly the first of its six Airbus A330-200 jets – formerly leased to Airberlin – between A...
Airbus rethinks the cabin with 'Airspace'
Regardless of how an plane's cabin irks you – no legroom, garbage Wi-Fi, scant overhead bin space – most of the experience is ...
Elon Musk wants you to travel the globe in 1 hour
Entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has long dreamed of creating a human colony on Mars, is planning to build a new rocket ship code na...
Priority boarding: what's your experience?
TALKING POINT | Being able to 'jump the queue' – or at least elegantly sidestep it – is why Gold and Platinum frequent flyers ...
Up next: electric planes?
EasyJet is working with a U.S. engineering startup to develop a fully electric commercial plane within a decade, the British ai...
Dyson to build electric car by 2020
Dyson, best-known as a manufacturer of vacuum cleaners, hand driers and air filters, will build an electric car by 2020, founde...
Inflight WiFi makes you worth more to airlines
Each airline passenger will be worth an extra A$5 (US$4) per flight to carriers once they’re able to offer uninterrupted ...
Could tablets kill the inflight video screen?
Book a domestic flight on any of the Big Three U.S. airlines, and you won’t be sure whether the seat in front of you has ...
