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Review: HK Airlines' A350 business class seat

Hong Kong Airlines' new Airbus A350 business class seat retains the 'business traveller basics' of fully-flat beds and direct a...

Chris C. |

Premium Economy on AA's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

American Airlines is launching a brand new travel experience, Premium Economy, on select flights from Australia to the U.S...

Staff Writers |

C Series gives Airbus edge over Boeing

Airbus' acquisition of a majority stake in Bombardier's C Series plane threatens to leave Boeing trailing in a race to develop ...

Bloomberg News |

SQ's first Boeing 787-10 for early 2018

Singapore Airlines is counting down to the arrival of the new Boeing 787-10, the largest member of the Dreamliner family. The ...

David Flynn |

Airlines serve better coffee above the clouds

For many travellers, airplane coffee is one of the least enjoyable aspects of a flight: you expect it to be rather terrible, an...

Chris C. |

Qantas to fly Boeing 787 to Paris

Qantas intends to launch non-stop daily Boeing 787 flights between Perth and Paris as the second part of its direct-to-Europe ...

David Flynn |

Boeing pitches 777X to Qantas

Qantas wants to fly non-stop from Sydney and Melbourne to London and New York, and Boeing wants those passengers to be flying o...

David Flynn |

Qantas eyes Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 797

Qantas is set to embark on a dramatic revamp of its domestic fleet, with the advanced Boeing 737 MAX and the yet-to-be-built Bo...

David Flynn |

Qantas rethinks Perth-Auckland

Qantas could move to year-round daily Auckland-Perth flights as both a feeder for its new non-stop Perth-London Boeing 787 ser...

David Flynn |

Qantas to fly Boeing 787 on Brisbane-LA

Qantas will fly its Boeing 787-9 between Brisbane and Los Angeles by the end of 2018, with the jet continuing on to New York, ...

David Flynn |

Qantas' first Boeing 747 jumbo jet

As Qantas takes delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, we look back to the debut of another all-new and game-changing m...

David Flynn |

How-to: free Partner Gold, Platinum status

Frequent business travellers often manage to notch up Gold or even Platinum frequent flyer status, but if you fly more than mos...

Chris C. |

Qantas' new trans-Tasman schedule

Qantas is rejigging its trans-Tasman timetable for flights between Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland, following the deci...

David Flynn |

Emirates axes more trans-Tasman flights

Emirates will axe its Melbourne-Auckland and Brisbane-Auckland fights as of 25 March 2018, handing the bulk of its trans-T...

David Flynn |

Qantas first class flyers head to Singapore

TALKING POINT | Qantas' decision to return to Singapore as the stopover for Airbus A380 flights from Sydney to London from Mar...

David Flynn |

Which Aussie banks support Apple Pay?

Fifty-two Australian banks and credit unions now support digital credit and debit card payments via Apple Pay, but is your card...

Chris C. |

Air Berlin to shut down flights by October 28

Air Berlin will end flights on October 28 at the latest, according to a letter sent Monday to workers from the carrier's CEO&nb...

Bloomberg News |

Malaysia Airlines A350 first class suites

Malaysia Airlines will outfit its Airbus A350 first class cabin with privacy doors with the aim of turning the seats into suite...

David Flynn |