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Best seats: business class, Jetstar A330

Travelling in Jetstar's Business Class on long-distance flights from Australia and New Zealand? Here's our guide to picking the...

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New seats, food for Thai lounge in Hong Kong

Thai Airways' Royal Orchid first and business class lounges in Hong Kong -- probably the best Star Alliance lounge options in t...

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Cost of airfares in Australia up and climbing

There's no sign of the rising cost of domestic airfares leveling out despite the increased competition between Qantas and Virgi...

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Virgin Australia 737 biz class to arrive in Oct?

Virgin Australia could be selling proper business class seats on the majority of its flights -- the ones on Boeing 737-800 plan...

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Qantas "new spirit" changes: what you'll see

London-bound passengers will see the greatest changes under Qantas' "new spirit" strategy -- if they choose a route that connec...

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United's first 787 to fly from Auckland

American airline United has confirmed the seating layout for its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which are due to start f...

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Qantas flight sim competition: the winner is...

The winner of Australian Business Traveller's amazing Qantas Flight Simulator is Chris Gammon from Canberra, who wrote: "My fa...

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All Qantas 747s to get fully-flat Skybeds

Qantas has confirmed its plans upgrade the older lie-flat-but-at-an-angle seat version of the Qantas Skybed (which is on 7...

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NZ SNOW: Jetstar, Air NZ waive change fees

With further snow and ice in New Zealand -- especially at airports that don't usually expect it like Auckland and Wellington --...

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Qantas changes: top 5 things you need to know

#1 It's all about flying Qantas Frequent Flyer now Qantas' restructure is mostly about two things: focusing its efforts on the...

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Joyce reveals more about Platinum One

UPDATE | Qantas has now launched its Platinum One frequent flyer level, and we've got all the details... PREVIOUS |&...

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Qantas delays A380 to buy 110 A320s

Qantas is ordering a staggering 110 new Airbus A320s -- the largest single aircraft order in Australian aviation history -- to ...

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Jetstar Japan is Qantas' new low-cost Asia play

The Jetstar brand is spreading its ever-expanding tentacles into Japan, with Qantas announcing that its low-cost strategy for c...

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Qantas to axe 1,000 jobs

Qantas will make 1,000 staff redundant across the areas of management, pilots, cabin crew and engineers. But CEO Alan Joyce wo...

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Confirmed: Qantas to launch premium Asian airline

Qantas will launch a new premium airline somewhere in Asia, that will be competitive with Singapore Airlines, Qantas CEO Alan J...

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Qantas drops international routes in restructure

Qantas has this morning surprised travellers with an earlier than expected announcement of its massive restructure, including a...

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BREAKING: Qantas announces "A new Spirit"

No, we checked, it's not April 1 -- Qantas has just advised media that it will be making a major announcement around "A new Spi...

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Qantas bans making up time for very late flights

Is your Qantas flight running more than 15 minutes late? Under new rules being passed down by management, your pilot will only ...

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