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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...
Virgin Atlantic gets first new Airbus A330
It's good to see an airline which clearly has its priorities right. Virgin Atlantic has not only started flying the first of t...
Is it safe to travel to Japan during April?
Travellers with trips booked to Japan during April are now asking the question: is it safe to travel to Japan yet? Currently, ...
Virgin Blue announces full SYD-PER details
Virgin Blue will start flying its first Airbus A330 aircraft with the airline's new business class seats on a daily return...
Qantas' Boeing 737 aircraft fleet up for sale
Qantas has put 21 of its older and least fuel-efficient planes up for sale, a week after announcing emergency cost-cutting meas...
Best airline pranks for April Fool's
We had some April Fool’s Day fun last Friday with well-received stories on Jetstar's Project Sirius seats and cabin layou...
Get the points: up to 50% off Qantas award flights
OK, our article today about Qantas pledging to return to being a full-service airline was just an April Fool's joke (regrettabl...
How to avoid Air NZ's Richard Simmons video
Air New Zealand's new Richard Simmons safety video is ridiculously funny -- at least the first time you see it. Of course, if ...
Jetstar's 787 seats and cabin layout
In leaked documents seen exclusively by Australian Business Traveller, Jetstar's cabin layout for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner ha...