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Best ways to spend 250,000 Skywards miles
Emirates Skywards is a powerful frequent flyer program for securing business class and first class flights with your points &nd...
BA wants you to eat better, sleep better
British Airways hopes to reinvent everything from supper to sleep with a refresh of its Club World business class service to be...
Not all BA next-gen jets to have first class?
British Airways now expects to see its first Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing 787-10 jetliners from 2019, but says that not all of t...
Qantas launches inflight Internet
Qantas will flick the switch on its free inflight Internet service on Friday April 7 as challenger Virgin Australia readies a ...
New ways for airlines to win your business
Amid a dearth of new plane models, the aviation industry is intensifying the search for in-cabin innovations to lure passengers...
AirNZ cool on A321neo business class
Air New Zealand has chosen to go the all-economy route for its new Airbus A321neo and A320neo jets, which will take wing l...
Virgin relaunches Melbourne-Los Angeles
Virgin Australia is once again flying between Melbourne and Los Angeles, adding competition to a route currently exclusive to Q...
SQ locks in daily Airbus 350 for MEL
Singapore Airlines is locking in its advanced Airbus A350 jet for a year-round schedule between Melbourne and Singapore startin...
Charging your iPhone on a Qantas flight
Ever boarded a Qantas flight with your iPhone battery perilously low after a long day on the go, but didn't pack the necessary ...
Cathay puts the squeeze on economy seating
Cathay Pacific, the premium airline that is seeking ways to revive earnings after its first annual loss in eight years, plans t...
How to enjoy a stress-free Dubai stopover
Flying on Qantas QF1 from Sydney to London? James Wallis reveals how to take the stress out of the short Dubai stopover. As a ...
How airlines are responding to the tech ban
Faced with a ban on any carry-on technology larger than a smartphone on direct flights to the USA, the big 'Middle East Th...
The world's largest airplane window
Everybody loves the view from an airplane window, and soon there'll be a window to make the most of that vista. It's the SkyVi...
Virgin Australia set for sky-high WiFi
Virgin Australia partners with Gogo, Optus on inflight WiFi 2Ku satellite speeds of 70Mbps per aircraft Sydney-Melbourne-Br...
Virgin's Economy X = 'extra legroom'
Virgin Australia will offer economy class passengers more legroom, priority boarding and exclusive access to overhead lock...
Bose banned on US, UK flights
Noise-cancelling headphones such as the popular Bose QC series have been banned from flights to the USA and the UK under stric...
The Qantas-Emirates alliance: four years on...
TALKING POINT | This coming weekend sees the fourth anniversary of the alliance between Qantas and Emirates alliance, which fo...
Virgin polls travellers on inflight Internet
EXCLUSIVE | Virgin Australia appears to be moving closer to its promised launch of inflight Internet, with the airline now surv...