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More airlines ban power banks being used in-flight
Mar 05, 2025, 08:04 PMMany here seemed to advocate charging USB devices at the airport. Hopefully at least some are wary about charging at public or lounge USB stations and take appropriate precautions to prevent data jacking by using a usb blocker. Either that or just plug into your own power adapter plugged into a p...
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More airlines ban power banks being used in-flight
Feb 28, 2025, 05:22 PMDepends what you are charging with. Some usb power point have no problem with iPhones but struggle with iPad which is crazy as airlines like Qantas re switch to portable geolocked iPad as inflight entertainment device ( still waiting to hear a story of police breaking down the front door of a pax...
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The first Qantas A321XLR arrives July 2
Feb 26, 2025, 09:08 PMMakes those flying scoot feel a bit better (31’ pitch). I would think those wanting international flights will think twice
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The first Qantas A321XLR arrives July 2
Feb 25, 2025, 08:48 PMSo there will be Wifi (no big deal there and obviously not equivalent to having internet) AND internet….. although for some reason not much details, rather a passing comment. Would it be another sky master service?Important since the Qantas rollout of internet service seemed to be lim...
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Travel hack: choose the best Qantas seats for free
Jan 31, 2025, 07:30 PMDidn’t realised T-80 has changed and don’t recall reading it on ET until this article Shows how little I have travelled on QF in recent months Just as well this article was written to point out the new T-24; let the games begin free for all non P and P1 holders
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American Airlines Credit
Mar 24, 2024, 06:37 PMStupid question I am asking but is the credit due to a fight cancellation?I am under the impression that the ACCC expect a refund option to be available if cancelled flights booked on Australian platform. That how they managed to force QF to reverse their COVID flight credit for cancelled flights...
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Hrdlicka Is leaving VA: where is VA heading with Bain and the next owner(s), ...
Mar 01, 2024, 12:38 AMThanks for flagging it. I agree the interesting take partly with allegedly inside information of how the news was broken to her. “ She did not see it coming at all, and nor did those around her.”Based on The Australian article's reason behind her departure, it would mean the IPO may not be the op...
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Hrdlicka Is leaving VA: where is VA heading with Bain and the next owner(s), ...
Feb 22, 2024, 08:28 PMOriginally Posted by djtech If you are really interested, I suggest you read the AFR op-ed on her departure. Good tip. Didn't realise they wrote the article on the day. Thanks
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Hrdlicka Is leaving VA: where is VA heading with Bain and the next owner(s), ...
Feb 20, 2024, 04:07 PMSo JH has finally announced her departure, which has always been anticipated by some as a matter of (recent) time.Now that she has got VA in its first year of profit in a decade, with plenty of connection with hotel chain and other airlines, the airline looks good on the books for the eventual sa...
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Aircraft Code for 737 Max 8/9 etc
Feb 03, 2024, 12:15 PMOriginally Posted by quantumreality As far as I know, I noticed that some airlines, simply market 737 Max 8 as 737-800 means that when it is shown that 737-800 is being used for the flight being purchased, one never knows whether you will be flying the old 737-800 or the Max version.(CORRECTION:...
