No doubt the public scrutiny brought to bear on the Government's QR decision and its overall bilateral agreements has helped push things along for TK, to the point where it wanted 14 flights/week and actually got 21/week! The Government has also said that QR was invited to re-apply for additional...

I understand what Phil is saying, and I agree that anybody who has the money to travel overseas is not short of the extra $50 for a passport, as he says, this comes out at $39/year. Nobody likes to pay more for anything and yes prices are going up everywhere you look, but seriously in the grand s...

Great idea to have pickup at kerbside bays plus this 'holding area' for Ubers waiting in line but I wonder how Uber and SYD will manage this, will it be more like a taxi where the Ubers simply collect each passenger in turn instead of you having to request an Uber and then the job being accepted ...

Yes, 'Uber Reserve' lets you pre-book a ride.

Qantas has said it will be flying Aussie athletes etc to Paris for the games and you'd have to think they would be in premium economy or business, but I would be surprised if Qantas didn't actually put on some special charter flights just for the Olympians. Great publicity!