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