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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 ...
Virgin Blue gets Virgin Australia name
Update: we now have the new Virgin Australia logo to go with the Virgin Australia brand. Previous: In the clearest sign yet of...
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 Boei...
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 fift...