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Qantas, Emirates prep trans-Tasman attack
Qantas and Emirates aim to extend their alliance across the Tasman in the coming months as the airlines launch shared routes an...
American Airlines swaps paper for iPads
American Airlines pilots have ditched 18kg of manuals for a single iPad, with every cockpit in every AA plane now sporting an '...
Qantas still calls Australia home...
Qantas has ditched the Atlas theme created by Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns and returned, at least for now, to the patrioti...
SQ boosts VA stake to 19.95
Singapore Airlines will take a 19.9% share of Virgin Australia in a deal worth $122.6 million, after receiving a green light to...
EVA: no plans for Sydney service
EVA Air president Austin Cheng has scotched rumours that the Taiwan airline will launch Sydney-Taipei flights later this year, ...
United's A350 for SYD/MEL
United Airlines has earmarked Sydney and Melbourne as routes for its Airbus A350-1000, the next-gen jetliner which will go up a...
CX refreshes first class
Cathay Pacific has launched its refreshed first class suite and we've got the first photos and all the details – cli...
Qantas offers $11,000 SYD-MEL fares
Fancy a quick flight between Sydney and Melbourne? An overnight glitch in Qantas' IT system threw up fares of over $11,000 for ...
Lufthansa eyes Airbus A350, Boeing 787, 777X
Lufthansa is weighing the Airbus A350, Boeing 787 and Boeing 777X as contenders for its mid-sized international fleet, and is ...
EVA Airways joins Star Alliance
Taiwan's EVA Air formally enters the Star Alliance network this week, joining the likes of Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, Unite...
Emirates increases fuel surcharges
Emirates will increase the fuel surcharge cost on frequent flyer award tickets from July 1st 2013, resulting in Skywards member...
QF-EK align fuel surcharges
Qantas and Emirates are aligning their fuel surcharges on frequent flyer award tickets, closing a loophole which let savvy...
MAS to order more A380s
Malaysian Airlines plans to add more Airbus A380s to its fleet, in a move which may see the airline resume plans to fly the...
Website rates safest airlines
Qantas, Emirates, Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines rank among the world's safest 'seven star' airlines, but you take your ...
Air New Zealand's new livery
Air New Zealand's fleet is in for a makeover, with bold new livery incorporating the iconic New Zealand 'fernmark' logo.Th...
Cathay Pacific reveals new-look website
Cathay Pacific shifts to a new website later this month, with the airline promising "a state-of-the-art platform" built to enab...
Etihad's A380 routes
Etihad Airways plans to fly its Airbus A380s to Sydney, Melbourne, London and New York when the airline begins to take del...
VA: SYD-PER goes A330
Virgin Australia will raise the transcontinental business class bar in October by putting its big Airbus A330 onto the Syd...
