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QF preps deal for frequent flyers

IN BRIEF | Qantas will add a special post-disruption sweetener for members of its Qantas Frequernt Flyer program, alongside the...

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United's international in-flight internet

IN BRIEF | United is gearing up to introduce in-flight Internet on international flights as well as domestic US routes. Beginn...

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Virgin picks up QF biztravellers

Virgin Australia is on the fast track to a 20%  share of the domestic business travel market following Qantas' snap d...

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The new 'Air Australia'

UPDATE | February 17, 2012 | Air Australia has shut down after running out of cash. All planes have been grounde...

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Garuda's big plans for Indonesia and beyond

Garuda Indonesia is hoping to snare business travellers from Australia with its fully flat beds and daily flights to Jakarta, w...

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QF compensation: $1800+

Qantas faces a payout of over $1,800 per passenger for travellers stranded in the UK or Europe due to last week’s dramati...

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Do slimline Economy seats deserve the hype?

Slimline seats are supposed to make flying in economy bearable again: more legroom (and especially more knee-room) without sacr...

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Shutdown: who pays for your trouble?

Update: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has told Qantas that planned compensation amounts are not ade...

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Lufthansa's Frankfurt-Cologne rail "flights"

Lufthansa no longer flies the 150 km from Frankfurt to Cologne, and instead reserves an entire car on thirteen 300km/h high-spe...

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Delta Economy Comfort: not for Virgin passengers

US airline Delta is expanding its extra legroom Economy Comfort section to its US domestic fleet, in a move business travellers...

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Qantas vs Virgin (again)

Now that the dust is settling over Qantas' extraordinary three-day shutdown, which grounded all domestic and international airc...

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Emirates' combo fare to NZ

IN BRIEF | Heading to New Zealand? Emirates' new Business/First combination fare package is worth checking out. The deal ...

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Air Australia to launch Nov15

UPDATE | February 17, 2012 | Air Australia has shut down after running out of cash. All planes have been grounded and...

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Premium economy vs split business/economy ticket?

One of our readers posed an interesting question last week. His employer is soon sending him on a business trip from Melbourne ...

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Qantas back in the air

Qantas will restart a limited number of domestic and international flights this afternoon, Monday 31 October, with the aim of r...

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Etihad to fly Bangkok-Sydney

UPDATE | With Qantas returning to the skies, Etihad Airways has cancelled its planned relief flights between Sydney and Bangko...

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Latest on Qantas shutdown

LATEST | Qantas hopes to recommence domestic and international flights "as early as Monday afternoon" following an order b...

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Strategic's QF relief flights

The new and little-known Strategic Airlines is about to become a much more familiar name to thousands of passengers stranded by...

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