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Jetstar cracks down on carry-on bags
UPDATE | Jetstar's six-month trial of 'cabin baggage officers' will kick off at airports in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, C...
Virgin Atlantic Little Red axed from 2015
Virgin Atlantic will axe its ‘Little Red’ arm next year, bringing to an end the airline’s soirée into ...
More perks for Qantas Platinum One
Qantas is revving up its Platinum One frequent flyer tier with new perks for the airline’s high flyers. Beginning today the p...
Emirates to fly Airbus A380s to Milan
Emirates will run the first-ever scheduled A380 flights to Milan Malpensa Airport from later this year as it upgrades one of it...
First look: Lufthansa premium economy
Lufthansa's all-new premium economy service is expected to debut in December on selected Boeing 747-8I flights from Frankfurt, ...
Airberlin serves up free currywurst
Passengers flying Airberlin domestically within Germany today will receive a free serve of the nation’s favourite snack &...
United's Boeing 787 gets inflight Net
United Airlines will flick the inflight Internet switch on its new Boeing 787-9 service between Melbourne and Los Angles when D...
JAL: new business class amenity kits
Passengers on Japan Airlines’ flights from Sydney to Tokyo Narita and beyond to selected destinations will soon unwrap ne...
MH: cheap award seats + 15% points bonus
Travellers with a sizeable chunk of American Express Membership Rewards (MR) points are in for some seriously discounted travel...
Qantas: status credits on classic awards
Qantas is offering valuable status credits when flying on 'classic award' bookings in economy, premium economy and business cla...
Lufthansa's new Heathrow T2 lounge
Lufthansa is now flying into and out of the new London Heathrow T2 terminal, with travellers on the German airline treated to n...
Virgin Australia boosts Delta codeshares
Virgin Australia is expanding its codeshare arrangements with Delta Air Lines within the United States to cover three new desti...
Virgin points, status credits on SAA
Virgin Australia will kick off codeshares on South African Airways’ daily Perth-Johannesburg flights later this month, al...
Air China to fly 747-8 to Guangzhou, FRA
Air China is now the proud owner of a Boeing 747-8 – the first airline in Asia to operate the passenger version of the ne...
Earn Velocity SCs on credit card spend
For a short time, Virgin Australia is offering a side serve of status credits to selected travellers when transferring points a...
Qantas takes aim at North America
Qantas is increasing its focus on the USA in what CEO Alan Joyce describes as a vote of confidence in both the stateside travel...
Qantas serves up a slice of Texas
Travellers on Qantas' new Airbus A380 flights from Sydney to Dallas will have the option of 'themed' inflight meals through to ...
Virgin's Airbus A330 delivery flight
Virgin Australia has just received its sixth new Airbus A330, with the modern twin-aisle jet winging its way from Airbus in Tou...
