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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...
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...
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...
The new 'Air Australia'
UPDATE | February 17, 2012 | Air Australia has shut down after running out of cash. All planes have been grounde...
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...
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...
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...
Shutdown: who pays for your trouble?
Update: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has told Qantas that planned compensation amounts are not ade...
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...
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...
Qantas vs Virgin (again)
Now that the dust is settling over Qantas' extraordinary three-day shutdown, which grounded all domestic and international airc...
Emirates' combo fare to NZ
IN BRIEF | Heading to New Zealand? Emirates' new Business/First combination fare package is worth checking out. The deal ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Etihad to fly Bangkok-Sydney
UPDATE | With Qantas returning to the skies, Etihad Airways has cancelled its planned relief flights between Sydney and Bangko...
Latest on Qantas shutdown
LATEST | Qantas hopes to recommence domestic and international flights "as early as Monday afternoon" following an order b...
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...