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Sacre bleu: more airline strikes to hit France
If you're jetting into France this weekend we strongly suggest you double-check your flights. French pilots and flight attend...
Delta delays 787 Dreamliner
Delta will squeeze another decade out of its planes and delay its purchase of the Boeing 787 until 2020. Delta, which codeshar...
Singapore Airlines adds second A380 Airbus from Sydney
Singapore Airlines is adding a second daily A380 service between Sydney and Singapore.As of Sunday 31st October, the daily SQ22...
Airlines tire of tight security
Passengers aren't the only ones getting annoyed with the strict, time-consuming security checks at American airports. Carriers,...
Boeing 737 makeover inspired by 787
Just like Dr Who’s TARDIS the ‘next-gen’ 737-800 looks bigger on the inside, thanks to a 787-inspired design....
Korean Air claims "the most spacious A380"
Korean Air's first A380 aircraft is in the final stages of production, the airline recently announced. The carrier will b...
BA' BlackBerry ‘mobile boarding pass’ app
British Airways is adding BlackBerry and Android smartphones to the mobile boarding pass system already widely used on the iPho...
Large-size liquids back on planes by 2013?
Those zip-lock plastic bags and tiny bottles may soon be a thing of the past. The wide-scale installation of new security scan...
Malaysian Airlines doubles direct Sydney-KL flights, spruiks $599 return fare
Need to scoot up from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur for a quick round of meetings and customer catch-ups? Malaysia’s flag carrie...
Inflight internet - what you need to know
How to find a flight with inflight internet, anywhere in the world. Aside from the wonder of sitting in a chair flying through...
ACCC reviews deceptive travel contracts
Airline practices that hype incredibly cheap fares, while using an asterisk to conceal additional fees and charges, are current...
Air NZ and Virgin Blue pledge more flights, not less
Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand have promised to increase flights on a number of trans-Tasman routes as a sweetener to their pr...
Apple's new MacBook Air: should business travellers snap it up or slap it down?
Apple's MacBook Air certainly struck a chord when it was first released, with Steve Jobs' showmanship of pulling it out of a ma...
Qantas Next Generation Check-in starts November 10
From November 10, Sydney business travellers will have access to a new check-in system from Qantas, designed to reduce queue ti...
Garuda offers in-flight visa processing from Sydney
Now this is something we'd like to see a lot more of! Passengers travelling from Sydney to Jakarta with Garuda Indonesia will ...
Royal Brunei to fly Melbourne-Brunei direct
Royal Brunei Airlines will introduce direct flights from Melbourne to the Brunei capital Bandar Seri Begawan from March 29, 201...
Virgin Atlantic touts free upgrades to HK
The nine hours between Sydney and Hong Kong will slip by a little faster this week if you’re on Virgin Atlantic. The air...
Singapore Airlines releases biz-clas Early Bird fares
Business travellers looking to book their flights with Singapore Airlines sooner rather than later can grab an 'Early Bird' dis...
