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Qantas resumes direct Sydney-Tokyo flights
Qantas will recommence direct flights between Australia and Japan from Tuesday April 19 – but while the daily Sydney...
Connect in BNE from QF's Dallas flights
Booking flights on Qantas from Sydney to Dallas-Fort Worth? Remember that the return flight stops in Brisbane to refuel, and th...
How to find Aussie coffee in London
Long renowned as a nation of tea-drinkers, the Brits have welcomed the global coffee chains with open arms. It seems lik...
V Australia's LAX emergency: knock-on effects
Update: V Australia has chartered an Air New Zealand Boeing 747 to ferry passengers home and to minimise subsequent impact to t...
Air NZ cuts Airpoints earn rates in Economy
Air New Zealand has made steep cuts to the amount of frequent flyer Airpoints earned when flying Economy, with the cheapest far...
Jetstar begins Cairns-Auckland flights
Jetstar has launched its flights between Auckland and Cairns, and will fly the route three times weekly. The flights from New ...
Weirdest baggage people have tried to check-in
Next time the aircraft starts making odd noises, it may not actually be the wing flaps or landing gear retracting: it may, in f...
More VA-Etihad codeshares to Europe, Middle East
Etihad and V Australia are extended their codesharing from their joint hub in Abu Dhabi, with Virgin flight numbers now listed ...
What's the best airport lounge in the world?
The Finnair Lounge in Helsinki Airport's Terminal 2 has been voted the Lounge of the Year for 2011 by members of Priority Pass,...
Virgin Blue gears up for Velocity relaunch?
Virgin Blue looks to be ramping up for a busy time next month. We've previously tipped May for John Borghetti's 'big bang'...
Emirates: no plans for Airbus A380 on BNE-DXB
Emirates has poured cold water onto continuing speculation that it is about to introduce an Airbus A380 onto flights between Br...
Qantas' new mobile app for Windows phones
Qantas is among the many airlines that have released iPhone apps, and now there's an app for Windows Phones in the works. The ...
China Eastern to start daily flights to Shanghai
China Eastern is stepping up to daily flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Shanghai in June. The Shanghai-based airline's curr...
SIA's business class seats get safety waiver
Australians could be seeing more of Singapore Airlines' Airbus A380, which already flies on routes from Melbourne and Sydney to...
Qantas' tenth Airbus A380 joins the fleet
Qantas has added the tenth Airbus A380 to its fleet, with the new aircraft taking on the Sydney-Singapore-London service of QF3...
Lufthansa's in-flight exercise bike
Here's a novel way to while away the time and burn away some calories during those interminable long-distance flights: an exerc...
MAS to add second new Airbus A330 to AU-KL
Malaysia Airlines will add a second all-new Airbus A330-300 from Australia to Kuala Lumpur later this year, following the ...
The top 5 weirdest things Qantas sells
On top of its day-to-day operations as Australia's flag-carrier airline, Qantas also runs an online shop selling an assortment ...
