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This week in Get the Points, how to get Star Alliance Silver status instantly — and free of charge! Update: As of 0800 Sydn...
Virgin Blue, V Australia hike airfares
Virgin Blue and its international arm V Australia will raise the cost of all airfares next week, with Virgin Blue Group CE...
Jetstar planes flying into earthquake hit Tokyo
Jetstar has confirmed to Australian Business Traveller that it has two planes in the air carrying passengers on scheduled servi...
Virgin Blue criticised over gluten-free meals
Virgin Blue’s new inflight menu created by Australian chef Luke Mangan has been criticised by travellers over a lack of g...
More Qantas flights to QLD mining areas
Qantas will ratchet up its capacity into Queensland's major centres and mining business areas in the next four weeks once the a...
Singapore Airlines raises fuel surcharges
Singapore Airlines' passengers will be paying hefty fuel surcharges on flights, as the airline becomes the latest to hike up fa...
Air NZ hikes ticket prices
Air New Zealand will raise all its fares by between 7 and 8 percent in response to the sharply increasing price of jet fuel. T...
WiFi made cockpit monitors go blank: Boeing
Boeing has confirmed that Wi-Fi made cockpit displays go blank during testing of its latest 737-NG aircraft, a revamp of one of...
Qantas adds 28 US cities to AA codeshare
Qantas will make 28 new destinations available out of Dallas-Fort Worth when direct flights from Sydney to DFW begin on May 16t...
More new Business seats on new planes for CX
Cathay Pacific ordered 27 new aircraft from Boeing and Airbus yesterday -- and all are the types fitted with the new Business C...
Gallery: Virgin Blue's new inflight meals
Last week the flying foodies of Australian Business Traveller broke the news that Virgin Blue had hired Australian ch...
Qantas jacks up international fares again
Just a month after its last price increase, Qantas has jacked up its international ticket prices again — this time, by $5...
Virgin Blue signs Luke Mangan for inflight meals
Update As tipped by Australian Business Traveller last week, Virgin Blue has hired Australian chef Luke Mangan to overhaul its...
Jetstar’s inflight iPad app revealed
Jetstar is pushing ahead with plans to use the iPad for in-flight entertainment on its domestic and international flights begin...
LAX to be Virgin Blue's second global hub
Virgin Blue is still waiting for the US government to drop its staunch opposition to an alliance with Delta Airlines, but that ...
Jetstar, Tiger Airways in trouble over hidden fees
Jetstar, Tiger Airways and Air New Zealand are among airlines that have been smacked by the ACCC over hidden fees that are now ...
Air China orders new Boeing 747-8I jumbos
Air China ordered five of Boeing's revamped 747-8I 'Intercontinental' jumbo jet today, becoming the third airline to orde...
Virgin Australia or V Australia?
Virgin Blue will have a new name by mid-year, and the odds are on it being either Virgin Australia or V Australia. Neither is ...