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Qatar's first A350 route: Doha to Frankfurt
Qatar Airways will soon take the reins of the world's first Airbus A350, with its inaugural flight planned between Doha and Fra...
China Eastern boosts AU-Shanghai flights
China Eastern’s flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Shanghai will get a welcome boost over the busy summer travel season...
Skip the queues on Jetstar int'l flights
Business travellers can now side-step Jetstar’s check-in counters at Melbourne Airport with the airline expanding its exi...
Emirates route map: Dubai rules, okay?
Emirates has persistently plugged Dubai as being the crossroads of the modern world when it comes to air travel, and it's found...
Qantas upgrades A330 economy seats
Qantas will overhaul the economy seats across its Airbus A330 fleet at the same time as those planes are upgraded to the all-ne...
Star considers hubs at Delhi, Mumbai
Star Alliance may tap India's two newest terminals – Delhi's T3 and Mumbai's T2 – as hubs on the back of Air I...
CX celebrates 40 years of Sydney flights
This month Cathay Pacific celebrates 40 years of non-stop flying between Hong Kong and Sydney, beginning with the CX101 service...
Virgin Australia to buy all of TigerAir
Virgin Australia will take total control of Tigerair Australia under plans to buy the remaining 40% of the loss-making low-cost...
Gulfstream's new $55 million private jets
Gulfstream's new G500 and G600 private jets let you say goodbye to inconvenient schedules, boarding queues and having to put up...
Qantas pours Penfolds in business, first
Qantas is now serving three top drops from Penfolds to mark this week's release of new vintages from the South Australian ...
SQ serves up Taittinger in business class
Travelling in business class just got that little bit better, with Singapore Airlines adding Taittinger champagne to ...
Australia’s domestic jet age: 50 years
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Australia's first domestic jet flights, with Boeing 727s operated by Ansett and TAA beginni...
Qantas, Rex win regional Qld routes
Qantas and Regional Express (Rex) have won contracts to exclusively fly seven regional routes in Queensland, under the state g...
Air Koryo's new business class seats
Air Koryo, North Korea's official only airline, has revealed new business class seats for its fleet of Antonov An-148...
New Avianca award rates benefit Aussies
Australian travellers are set to come out on top in Avianca's sweeping overhaul of its LifeMiles frequent flyer scheme. The ch...
New perks for United high flyers in SFO
United Airlines’ international first class passengers and select cardholders in the MileagePlus frequent flyer scheme wil...
Free QFF membership, 10,000 bonus points
Qantas is attracting newcomers to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program with an offer of free membership stacked on top of 10,000 b...
SQ boosts Sydney, Melbourne A380 flights
UPDATE | Singapore Airlines is boosting its Airbus A380 flights to Sydney and reintroducing the superjumbo to Melbourne, but on...
