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Etihad axes Perth-Abu Dhabi flights

Virgin Australia partner Etihad Airways will end its Perth-Abu Dhabi flights from October 2 2018. A spokesman for Etihad Airwa...

Chris C. |

Airbus plans sleeping bunks for cargo hold

Airbus will offer airlines the opportunity to convert part of an airplane's downstairs cargo hold into sleeping berths using c...

David Flynn |

SQ Boeing 787-10 best business class seats

With Singapore Airlines' new Boeing 787-10 set to take a number of regional routes under its wing, travellers will soon be scop...

David Flynn |

AirNZ adds trans-Tasman flights

Less than a week after announcing the end of its alliance with Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand has fired the first volley in ...

David Flynn |

Qantas boosts SFO codeshare flights

Travellers on Qantas' San Francisco flights from Sydney and Melbourne – the latter starting on September 1, 2018 as ...

David Flynn |

NASA supersonic jet to have more zoom, less boom

An experimental supersonic 'X-plane' developed by NASA will take flight in 2021 with a top speed of almost 1,600km/h but create...

Bloomberg News |

Velocity Daily: earn extra Velocity points on Visa

Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer members can now earn extra Velocity points on Visa credit and debit card purch...

Chris C. |

Flying trans-Tasman, with VA, AirNZ: what now?

Travelling trans-Tasman with Virgin Australia or Air New Zealand over the coming year, and wondering what’ll happen to your bo...

Chris C. |

Virgin Australia, AirNZ end trans-Tasman alliance

Air New Zealand has pulled the plug on its trans-Tasman alliance with Virgin Australia, with the two airlines set to part ways ...

Chris C. |

Do non-stop flights really save much time?

Like it or not, we're entering the era of ultra-long distance travel – a world where flight times can stretch to 20 hours...

David Flynn |

Virgin's Sydney-Hong Kong flights on sale

Virgin Australia's daily Sydney-Hong Kong flights are now on sale, with the inaugural flight on the new route taking wing on Mo...

David Flynn |

New first class vintage Champagnes for CX

Is this the start of a new Champagne War between Asia's premium airlines? Cathay Pacific's first class flyers are now being tr...

David Flynn |

Using Qantas Points to book Cathay Pacific flights

Using your Qantas Frequent Flyer points to book flightsis naturally one of the best ways that you can spend them – and fo...

Chris C. |

Qantas eyes Chicago as next Boeing 787 route

Qantas is evaluating direct flights from Australia to Chicago as the next step in its plan to add more ultra-long-haul destina...

Bloomberg News |

SQ set for non-stop flights to NY, LAX

Singapore Airlines will resume direct flights to New York and Los Angeles from the end of this year, with another North America...

David Flynn |

Review: SQ's new regional business class

Singapore Airlines aims to revolutionise regional business class with direct aisle access flatbed seats being rolled out on acr...

David Flynn |

Qantas mulls new airline class, exercise areas

The planes that will operate Qantas’ ultra-long range flights from Sydney and Melbourne to faraway destinations such as London...

James Fordham |

SQ launching Airbus A350 regional jets

Singapore Airlines is about to begin a rolling revamp of its regional fleet with new Boeing 787-10 and Airbus A350 jets sportin...

David Flynn |