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Jetstar's Beijing flights: 11+ hour Singapore stop
Jetstar's new daily Melbourne to Beijing via Singapore service, which will be codeshared by Qantas when it debuts in November, ...
Lufthansa to fly A380: Frankfurt-Singapore
Lufthansa's flagship Airbus A380 will begin daily flights between Singapore and Frankfurt later this year, making the German na...
Thai Airways cuts Sydney-Bangkok flights
Passengers travelling from Sydney on Star Alliance airline Thai Airways from next month should check their tickets: the carrier...
Qantas shares Jetstar Melbourne-Beijing flight
Update Jetstar will begin a daily Melbourne-Beijing service from November 24, although the flight will involve a stop-over in ...
Best seats: Upper Class, Virgin Atlantic A340-600
Flying business class from Sydney to Hong Kong or London on Virgin Atlantic's flights? Australian Business Traveller brings you...
Qantas to boost seats on A380s, 747s
Qantas is sending 21 of its flagship Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-400 aircraft back into the hangars for a refit which will put m...
GALLERY: Airbus 2050 Concept Plane
Airbus has revealed its concept plane of the future, which makes the A380 superjumbo look like a box glider! Australian Bu...
Top five ways to fix business class gripes
Frequent flyers know that most of the business class experience is absolutely worth the extra money. Airlines have generally ra...
Airline amenity kits? 99% couldn't care less.
Passengers flying for business are looking for maximum seat comfort and Wi-Fi but they couldn’t care less about in-flight...
Emirates wins best in-flight entertainment
Emirates' "ice" in-flight entertainment system -- installed on all the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft the airline flies to...
Qantas pilots vote to strike
In brief: Qantas flights could face disruption following a vote by pilots to take industrial action, which could extend to stri...
Airport security: that'll be $150, thanks
Don't enjoy being frisked and groped, having to disgorge your bag hurriedly and be treated like a potential terrorist? W...
Carbon tax adds to cost of Qantas fares
In brief: Airlines will pass the cost of the new 'carbon tax' onto travellers, although the average impact will be less than $4...
Vodafone Australia slashes NZ data roaming prices
Vodafone Australia is chopping the cost of data roaming in New Zealand to 25c per megabyte, or as little as 10c/MB for bulk pur...
Concorde set to become London's newest attraction
You may never have flown above the oceans in the supersonic jet but this time next year you may be able to walk through one sit...
Best seats: Business on Qantas' two-class 747
Australian Business Traveller reveals the best seats to pick on on the aircraft you're most likely to encounter ...
Emirates offers free Dubai luxury hotel stopovers
First and business class passengers on Emirates can take advantage of a free stopover -- with luxury hotel nights thrown in -- ...
Qantas boosts high-flyer perks
Qantas is splitting the top Platinum tier of its Frequent Flyer loyalty program into three levels to satisfy the appetite of b...