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Best Seats: QantasLink Boeing 717

If you're booked on one of Qantas' refurbished regional Boeing 717 QantasLink jets, you really need to pick one of the best sea...

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Air China upgrades Sydney-Beijing: new biz seats

Air China is upgrading the seats on its Sydney-Beijing flight, with new fully flat beds -- and thirty more of them -- on board ...

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BA to move to two terminals at Heathrow

British Airways plans to bring all of its London Heathrow flights together into two terminals, streamlining passenger transfers...

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Qantas to roll out lie-flat business class in A330

Stung by criticism over the business class seats in its latest Airbus A330s, Qantas is reportedly looking to upgrade the big b...

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Qantas pulls $50m from tourism body

Qantas has axed a $44 million marketing partnership with Tourism Australia and will divert the funds to state-based touris...

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AirNZ Seat Select: which seats are now being sold?

Air New Zealand frequent flyers and business travellers across the Tasman have been trying to sort through the many-layered imp...

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Xiamen Airlines joins SkyTeam

SkyTeam frequent flyers can now earn frequent flyer points and status on Chinese carrier Xiamen Airlines, the alliance's newest...

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Qantas gets Passbook support for mobile checkin

Qantas is joining the growing number of airlines backing Apple's Passbook technology for mobile boarding passes. Starting tod...

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Make the most of your QFF points

You've been on plenty of business trips across Australia or overseas, flying with Qantas or partner oneworld airlines like Cath...

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OpenSkies joins oneworld, offers Qantas points

British Airways' OpenSkies subsidiary is joining oneworld, providing an extra option for topping up your Qantas Frequent Flyer ...

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Legroom & seat pitch: demystified!

How much legroom will you find when you reach your airline seat? What's this aircraft "seat pitch" business all about? And how ...

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Qantas goes All A330 coast to coast

UPDATE | Stung by criticism over the business class seats in its latest Airbus A330s, Qantas is reportedly looking to upgrade ...

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Virgin Atlantic brings back its plane salt shakers

Business class passengers on Virgin Atlantic will be shaken, not stirred -- and once more welcome to steal the salt shakers -- ...

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QantasLink refurbs 717s: slim seats, extra rows

Qantas' first refitted Boeing 717 is now running on regional QantasLink routes, sporting a snazzier interior and new ...

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Virgin Australia's plans for 2013

Virgin Australia plans big things for business travellers in the coming year, with airline CEO John Borghetti using this week's...

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Emirates' new upgrade-enabling tablets

Emirates will roll out over 1,000 Windows 8 tablets across its fleet next year, with the ability to grant instant upgrades to b...

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NZ volcano Tongariro: some flights affected

The eruption of New Zealand volcano Tongariro is causing disruption to regional flights in the North Island and the wider domes...

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Air NZ: pay up for extra-legroom seats

UPDATE | Air New Zealand has now confirmed to Australian Business Traveller precisely which premium economy, extra-legroom, exi...

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