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Qantas brings forward Boeing 787 deliveries
Qantas has brought forward the delivery of its second tranche of Boeing 787s, with all four of the Dreamliners now taking wing ...
Best business class: Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787
Now appearing on flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City and also Sydney-Hanoi, the Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 o...
Fly Virgin business class for under half price
Want to fly Virgin Australia business class for less than $400 from Sydney or Brisbane to Melbourne, or less than $1,000 from S...
Air Canada to fly Melbourne-Vancouver
Air Canada will begin direct flights between Vancouver and Melbourne from December 3 in a seasonal service stretching through ...
Alitalia starts bankruptcy proceedings
Alitalia started bankruptcy proceedings for the second time in a decade, throwing the survival of Italy’s flag carrier in...
You'll never get $10,000 for a United seat
The world was horrified to watch a bloodied United passenger dragged off a jet in Chicago earlier this month. While the assaul...
Qantas refreshes Boeing 747 first class
Qantas is retiring its oldest Boeing 747s as the new Boeing 787s arrive, but that hasn't stopped one of the jumbos from getting...
Cathay to "compete hard on price" against Virgin
Cathay Pacific has promised to be price-competitive on the Melbourne-Hong Kong route as Virgin Australia counts down to the Jul...
CX CEO faces high costs, eager rivals
Friends and executives clinked their champagne flutes for Rupert Hogg late last week at a sky lounge offering a view of Hong Ko...
Qantas promises more A380s for Asia
If every cloud has a silver lining, then the axing of Qantas' Airbus A380 flights from Melbourne to London brings a shiny dash...
Qantas Perth-London flights go on sale
Qantas non-stop Perth-London Boeing 787 flights start March 24 Daily QF9 service begins from Melbourne with domestic Dreamli...
Emirates goes all-A380 on Melbourne-Dubai
Melbourne travellers will find the same standards of seating aboard all Emirates flights from March 25 2018 as the Qantas partn...
Qantas to axe Melbourne-Dubai-London route
Qantas will axe its daily Melbourne-Dubai-London Airbus A380 flights from late March 2018, with the long-running superjumbo rou...
Qantas eyes non-stops to Paris, Rome, Berlin
Qantas has pegged Paris, Rome and Berlin as the next non-stop routes for the airline's Boeing 787 network. The flights would ...
China Southern's US$6bn A350 order
China Southern plans to buy 20 A350 wide-body aircraft from Airbus in a deal worth about US$6 billion, providing a boost for th...
Etihad: double-daily A380 flights to Sydney
Virgin Australia partner Etihad Airways will upgrade all of its Sydney-Abu Dhabi flights to the flagship Airbus A380 from Octob...
Airlines charge different prices for the same seat
FREQUENT FLYER 101 | Everybody understands that airfares change from day to day, but many travellers are surprised to learn tha...
Etihad drops Airbus A380 from Melbourne
Etihad Airways is axing Airbus A380 flights from Melbourne, and with them the superjumbo's superbly spacious first class 'Apart...