Airline News Page 290
American Airlines: 50%+ of flights delayed
If you're considering making a booking with Qantas' oneworld partner American Airlines -- including as part of a Red Roo ticket...
Velocity offers bank point transfer bonuses
If you're sitting on a stack of bank or credit card points -- from American Express Membership Rewards or any of seven other V...
Philippine Airlines' AU flights: nonstop SYD, MEL
Philippine Airlines is shaking up its flight schedule between Sydney, Melbourne and Manila from the end of next month. Starti...
Qantas mulls Passbook support
Qantas is looking to follow Virgin Australia in making its mobile boarding passes work with the new Passbook app in Apple's iO...
Virgin Australia's Passbook support
Virgin Australia's mobile boarding passes will work with the iPhone 5's new Passbook app when Apple's next-gen smartphone goes ...
AirNZ upgrades Boeing 777-200ERs
Air New Zealand will upgrade its entire fleet of long-range Boeing 777-200ER jets with new seats from tip to tail, plus an all-...
Best seats: business class, Etihad A330-200
Travelling in business class from Brisbane to Abu Dhabi via Singapore with Virgin Australia's partner Etihad? The latest in our...
Delta offers personal transfers in a Porsche
Virgin Australia partner airline Delta is rolling out the first class treatment to its frequent flyers in the US: collecting th...
easyJet starts allocating seats: no more scrum!
European airline easyJet is taking a step away from its low-cost carrier roots as it adds allocated seating in place of the fir...
Parenting tips when travelling with kids
Picture the scene on a plane: a screaming baby -- no, two of them -- a few rows away, penetrating your noise-cancelling headpho...
Emirates: economy class compared with Qantas
Last week we looked at how Emirates and Qantas compare for business class and first class, but of course not all business ...
Qantas to launch direct Sydney-Gladstone flights
Qantas is boosting flights to the Queensland resources industry hub of Gladstone, with eight weekly flights from Sydney planned...
BA plans business class "evolution" for A380, 787
British Airways has scotched hopes of an all-new Club World business class seat for its new Airbus A380 and Boeing 78...
Qantas spells out plans for Singapore
While Qantas has anointed Dubai as its new hub for flights to the UK and Europe under the landmark Qantas-Emirates alliance, th...
QantasLink upgrades Boing 717s
Qantas is to refit the Boeing 717 fleet of its regional arm QantasLink, installing new seats designed to boost legroom, while t...
Qantas drops First Class to Johannesburg
Qantas will drop first class from its Sydney-Johannesburg flight from October 1 as the airline rolls one of its updated Boeing...
Best seats: business class, Cathay 747
Connecting from Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific's Boeing 747-400? You'll want to make sure you pick the best seat on board, because...
Qantas status credits for EK flights
Qantas Frequent Flyers will earn full status credits on codeshare Emirates flights when the airline's partnership takes off in ...
