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Qatar dials back Adelaide flights
Qantas partner Qatar Airways is winding back its new flights between Adelaide and Doha, Qatar from later this year, dropping do...
Compo for 'bird strike' delays?
When an aircraft hits a bird on take-off the score is typically aircraft 1, bird nil... although passengers usually lose out t...
Is Qantas planning a new first class?
TALKING POINT | Is it time for a new Qantas first class suite for the Airbus A380, or potentially even the Boeing 787 Dreamlin...
Cathay Pacific axes KL flights
Cathay Pacific will axe daily flights between Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur from March 2017, handing the route over to regional si...
Virgin clarifies seat selection fee
Virgin Australia's Platinum and Gold frequent flyers will continue to enjoy free seating in the front rows of economy unde...
Which airlines are dumping first class?
Ever-improving business class seats are making many airlines rethink the need for first class. Wide seats which convert to lon...
British Airways World Traveller Plus
British Airways World Traveller Plus premium economy class is a popular choice among cost-conscious business travellers as well...
Virgin overhauls fares, fees, Fly Ahead
Virgin Australia will revamp its line-up of economy, premium economy and business class fares from September 7 2016, expanding...
Virgin eyes next-gen jets
They've got to be the two most-asked question on Virgin Australia's future fleet plans: will the airline choose the Airbus A350...
CX: new credit card booking fees
Cathay Pacific is the latest airline to revise its credit card fees for bookings, in line with the Reserve Bank's new rules on ...
SQ to fly Airbus A350 to Melbourne
Singapore Airlines will begin Airbus A350 flights to Melbourne from Wednesday August 10, some three weeks earlier than the prev...
Talking point: BYO IFE
TALKING POINT | You're settling in for that long flight, with many hours stretching ahead. Time to relax with a good movie or a...
Virgin sees growth in business travel
Business travellers continue to help Virgin Australia gain altitude in the dogfight against Qantas, with the corporate and gove...
Airberlin adds EuroBusiness row
IN BRIEF | Airberlin will convert the first row of its all-economy short-range fleet into a business class proposition for fli...
Qantas: no plans for more Airbus A380s
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says the airline has no plans to buy any more Airbus A380s, including the eight superjumbos still listed ...
AirAsia X plans Brisbane-KL flights
Direct flights between Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur are now a matter of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ for AirAsia X, with the Queenslan...
Qantas to fly Boeing 787 from Oct 2017
Qantas will take the reins of its first Boeing 787-9 in October 2017 and expects to reveal the first Dreamliner routes by year'...
Jetstar eyes more flights to China
Jetstar intends to open up new direct routes between Australia and China as Qantas' low-cost arm expands its international netw...