"our partnership has evolved to a point where Qantas no longer needs to fly its own aircraft through Dubai..."Normally airline partnerships would evolve to a point where you start flying to the hub of a partner e.g. AA operating LAXSYD.Q. Would Qantas rather carry a customer all the way to ...

Nice work Virgin Australia

Partners? It would appear to me that EK and QF are going head-to-head with their marquee products on the MEL-LHR route.  

I think Berlin could be a real smart move. Obviously it would need to be once Brandenburg is up and running, but given its development as a Leisure / Business hub and the as yet unknown consequences of Brexit, especially with regard to development of alternative finance hubs, it might have legs, ...

Would this apply to Electronic Flight Bags or would crew be exempt?