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BA's Club Europe seats get AC, USB sockets

British Airways' revamp of its Airbus A320 and A321 fleet will see the Club Europe business class seats gain AC and USB power ...

David Flynn |

Hawaiian Airlines eyes non-stop London flights

Hawaiian Airlines could launch its first European destination with non-stop flights to London from 2021 following the debut of...

David Flynn |

Lufthansa wants a longer-range Airbus A321LR

Airbus has only just rolled out a long-range model in its A321 family, but Lufthansa wants even more range from the twin-e...

Reuters |

Hawaiian eyes Australia for new Boeing 787s

Hawaiian Airlines has just inked an order for 10 Boeing 787-9s, with options for ten more on the table – and some of those cou...

David Flynn |

BA wants more A380s, but at a cheaper price

British Airways parent IAG could consider buying more A380s from Airbus if the superjumbo was cheaper, CEO Willie Walsh said. ...

Reuters |

Boeing rules out reviving the 767 jet

Boeing on Monday ruled out reviving its dormant 767 passenger plane as it continues to ponder options for a potential new niche...

Reuters |

Emirates revamps Boeing 777 business class

Emirates has finally dropped that hated middle seat from its Boeing 777 business class cabin – but only on the long-range...

David Flynn |

Qantas brings first class back to Singapore

Qantas is once again flying first class between Sydney and Singapore in the lead-up to Singapore replacing Dubai as the stopove...

David Flynn |

Virgin's Melbourne-Hong Kong schedule changes

Virgin Australia's July 2 launch of Sydney-Hong Kong flights will see its Melbourne-Hong Kong service pared back in ways which ...

David Flynn |

Boeing wants to sell flying taxis in 2020s

The dream of flying cars has been around longer than Boeing Co. has been making airplanes. Now a vision from the pages of Jules...

Bloomberg News |

Virgin's coy on new east-west business class

Virgin Australia says it's not about to give any ground to Qantas in the ongoing Battle of Business Class, despite a third of i...

David Flynn |

BA A320neo loses Club Europe middle seat table

British Airways is dropping Club Europe's middle seat shelf on its new Airbus A320neo and A321neo jets, leaving business c...

David Flynn |

Emirates won't launch premium economy at ITB

There'll be no big bang launch for Emirates' new premium economy class at this month's ITB Berlin travel trade show, with the ...

David Flynn |

Qantas' Perth-London Boeing 787 menu

Qantas has already threatened promised a healthy approach to inflight dining on its non-stop Boeing 787 flights between Perth a...

David Flynn |

Dassault unveils Falcon 6X business jet

Dassault Aviation announced plans for a new long-range business jet on Wednesday, renewing a battle with Gulfstream at the top ...

Reuters |

Qantas delays Airbus A330 WiFi rollout to 2019

EXCLUSIVE | Qantas will push back the installation of inflight Internet to its domestic Airbus A330 fleet until 2019, with the ...

David Flynn |

Qantas, BA back startup to fix overbookings

Volantio, the US startup that helped United Airlines manage its overbookings in the wake of the Dr Dao scandal last summer, is ...

Bloomberg News |

Virgin Australia cancels privatisation

Virgin Australia said on Wednesday it will not go private as it reported first-half underlying profit rose 142.3% due to domest...

Reuters |