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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...
Qantas to return to full service, pledges CEO
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says the airline's disastrous drop in market share has convinced him that it's time Qantas moved back to ...
Justin Bieber to spruik Virgin Pacific
Virgin Blue could have chosen a better day to announce its long-awaited new brand of Virgin Pacific and the multi-million dolla...
London Heathrow "worse than Calcutta"
A leaked set of confidential reports from Airports Council International -- the insider trade association for airports -- has r...
Qantas axes direct San Francisco flights early
Qantas has brought forward the closure of its direct service between Sydney and San Francisco, with the last flight of QF73 now...
Qantas launches its new Perth-Exmouth route
Qantas launched its new routes between Perth and Exmouth yesterday, and will fly 115-seat Boeing 717 jets three times a week be...