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Qantas/Jetstar to take Air Pacific 787s?
Air Pacific, the national airline of Fiji in which Qantas holds a 46% stake, has reportedly cancelled its orders for five Boein...
Qantas to put iPads in the cockpit?
Qantas pilots are looking forward to swapping a bag full of bulky inflight manuals for a slim lightweight iPad if the Aussie fl...
Etihad and Air New Zealand to codeshare
Air New Zealand and Etihad have just received approval to codeshare on flights within New Zealand, across the Tasman, between A...
China Airlines aims for Sydney-NY market
China Airlines is launching flights between Taipei and New York this month, and hoping to win a slice of the NYC-bound Australi...
Jetstar now taking PayPal for online bookings
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the information earlier provided to Australian Business Traveller by a PayPal spokesperson with reg...
The future of inflight entertainment
In a few years' time, your plane seat will know who's sitting in it and adjust its inflight entertainment accordingly -- at lea...
Sneak peak: Virgin Blue's new economy seat
Virgin Blue is gearing up to reveal its new domestic economy class seat, to feature on the airline's new Airbus A330s when they...
MAS debuts new A330 on BNE-KUL
Malaysia Airlines will introduce its all-new Airbus A330-300 onto Brisbane-Kuala Lumpur flights from April 20th. MAS has fifte...
A year's airport lounge access for $300
If you regularly travel with Air New Zealand or Singapore Airlines, but more often in economy than business class, here's a gre...
Air NZ to check entire Boeing 737 fleet
Air New Zealand is checking its entire fleet of fifteen Boeing 737-300 aircraft following the explosive decompression of a Sout...
Four Qantas 737s aircraft grounded for checks
Qantas has been forced to ground four of its Boeing 737-400 jets in response to the emergency landing of a Southwest Airlines f...
British Airways raises fuel surcharges
Thinking of flying to Singapore or London on British Airways to avoid Qantas' fuel surcharges and ticket price hikes while stil...
Korean Air opens duty-free shop in A380
Here's a story that could have fitted perfectly into April Fool's Day except that, well, it's true. Korean Air is outfitting i...
Buy your Qantas $50 bag tag cheaper on eBay
If you're not an elite-level Qantas Frequent Flyer, you may not have to cough up $50 to buy one of the new permanent, wireless ...
Air France 447 wreckage found
A large amount of wreckage from Air France 447 has been discovered, 4 km under water on the ocean floor between Brazil and Afri...
V Australia tops airline satisfaction poll
Virgin Blue Group CEO John Borghetti is smiling a little more broadly today with the news that V Australia is now Australia's h...
Qantas and Air NZ 737 safety: should you worry?
This weekend, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 was involved in an explosive decompression incident in the US, which resulted...
Priority Pass offers Virgin Blue lounge access
Update Virgin Australia is ending its relationship with the global Priority Pass scheme next month as of July 14: see thi...
