Airline News Page 144

Virgin plans Sydney, Brisbane - HK flights

Virgin Group's Sir Richard Branson wants to see his Australian franchise spread its wings even further into Asia with plans for...

David Flynn |

USA lifts Etihad, Emirates, Qatar 'laptop ban'

The United States has stepped down its ‘electronics ban’ on all Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways flights ...

Chris C. |

Qantas to charge for 'extra legroom' seats

EXCLUSIVE | Qantas will begin charging for extra legroom economy seats on all domestic flights from today, with travellers pay...

Chris C. |

Qantas ramps up inflight Internet

Qantas expects to move its inflight WiFi service out of the current 'beta' trial mode in September this year, at which point it...

David Flynn |

Sydney Airport's T1 shortcut

TRAVEL TIP | We’re certainly fans of the substantial improvements in the departures area of Sydney Airport’s T1 int...

David Flynn |

Qantas access to Alaska Airlines lounges

Qantas frequent flyers and Qantas Club members will enjoy access to a wider range of Alaska Airlines lounges following an upgra...

David Flynn |

Aussie flights to USA face tighter security

Travellers flying from Australia to the USA will undergo more rigorous security checks of technology including laptops and tabl...

David Flynn |

Qantas plans online reward bookings for JL, MH, MU

EXCLUSIVE | Qantas Frequent Flyer members will soon be able to use their hard-earned frequent flyer points to book reward fligh...

Chris C. |

China Airlines to fly Taipei-London

China Airlines will launch direct flights between Taipei and London from December 1 2017, relying on the SkyTeam member's new A...

David Flynn |

Emirates embraces 'selfies' for security

Emirates is introducing facial recognition technology to shorten passengers’ waits at immigration and check-in counters, ...

Bloomberg News |

Air Canada, United eye cross-border venture

Air Canada is eager to revive a revenue-sharing arrangement with United Airlines on cross-border routes, now that a bill in the...

Bloomberg News |

Air Canada business class upgrade guide

When flying with Air Canada to Vancouver and beyond, why settle for economy class – or even premium economy – when ...

Chris C. |

Air China axes Melbourne-Shenzhen flights (again)

UPDATE | Having finally launched non-stop Melbourne-Shenzhen flights on June 20 following a string of earlier delays and cancel...

Chris C. |

How Qantas wants to change long-range flights

Arriving into London at 5am after a 17½ hour flight doesn’t sound like the beginning of a good business trip....

David Flynn |

JAL's Sky Suite III Dreamliner upgrade

Japan Airlines will introduce its latest Sky Suite III business class seat onto the international Boeing 787-9 fleet from ...

David Flynn |

Win a Hong Kong trip with Virgin Australia

Congratulations to Daniel Friedman and Marcus Westbury, the two winners who'll be joining us on the Virgin Australia's inaugura...

David Flynn |

Etihad scraps chauffeur service

Etihad Airways is cutting back its free chauffeur drive service as of July 3. Business class and first class travellers in all...

David Flynn |

Emirates balks at more A380 orders

Emirates, the world’s biggest operator of the Airbus A380 superjumbo, said it’s reluctant to place a further order ...

Bloomberg News |