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Qantas strikes: Friday, Monday
UPDATE | Qantas has issued a new timetable starting Monday October 17 which sees 110 flights per week cancelled due to ong...
AA expands Gogo wifi streaming: 400 planes
Qantas' oneworld alliance partner American Airlines will add Gogo Vision video streaming over wifi to 400 of its aircraft -- ne...
Qantas: free ticket changes on day of purchase
Qantas passengers can now make free booking changes to their tickets on the day of purchase under the new "same day no mistake"...
Domestic airfare prices up 20%
IN BRIEF | Are airfares eating more of your business travel budget compared to last year? According to the latest&nb...
Virgin to fly to Emerald from January
The key mining hub of Emerald in Queensland will see twice-daily weekday Virgin Australia flights from Brisbane from next Janua...
United-Continental renames lounges United Club
IN BRIEF | If you're hunting through a US airport's for the United Red Carpet Club or Continental Presidents Club, check again:...
BA First on Aussie 747s
British Airways' superb First Class will now be available on all BA flights from Australia by March next year. The sweet min...
New QLD flights, routes, lounge for QantasLink
Qantas' regional subsidiary QantasLink is planning extra flights, new routes and more planes for regional Queensland beginning ...
Qantas strikes: Monday, Tuesday impacts
UPDATE | Qantas has issued a new timetable starting Monday October 17 which sees 110 flights per week cancelled due to ong...
$32k buys 2 seats on ANA's first 787 flight!
Update A ticket for two seats on the inaugural flight of ANA's Boeing 787 Dreamliner has sold for a whopping A$32,700 on eBay....
Virgin Velocity status matching ends today
UPDATE | Virgin Australia's Velocity frequent flyer status match against Qantas (and other competing airlines) offer closes at ...
Qantas set for Dallas daily: but no A380 (yet)
Qantas is gearing up to go daily on its Sydney-Dallas/Fort Worth service (flights QF7 and QF8), up from the current four weekly...
AirNZ wins Australasian airline gong
New Zealand has won the double in The 2011 World Travel Awards for Australasia, with Air New Zealand voted as the reg...
Virgin Australia's new ATR-72s
Virgin Australia's factory-fresh ATR-72 'turboprops' (turbine-driven propeller) are soon set to whisk business travellers along...
China Airlines joins SkyTeam
IN BRIEF: Taipei-based China Airlines today became the 15th member of the SkyTeam alliance, following recent recruit ...
Cathay adds extra Hong Kong-Delhi flight
Business travellers heading to Delhi will have additional options when connecting via Hong Kong between December and February w...
Jetstar's in-flight iPad launch still months away
Jetstar's much-delayed launch of the iPad for in-flight entertainment is still several months, but the airline hopes to have th...
50% off SQ KrisFlyer award bookings
With so many ways for the savvy traveller to earn frequent flyer points these days, it also pays to be on the lookout for the ...