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ANZ to cap credit card points
ANZ will cap the number of Qantas frequent flyer points you can earn monthly on its range of Visa and American Express credit c...
Virgin Australia's new lounge menu
Virgin Australia has made a long-awaited upgrade to the preflight meals at its airport lounges, with "six original menus" to be...
CX to allow personal tech gate-to-gate
Cathay Pacific and its regional offshoot Dragonair have joined the growing list of airlines allowing passengers to use 'persona...
Emirates says "No" to stake in Qantas
Emirates has once again signalled its lack of interest in buying a stake in Qantas, with a senior executive for the Dubai-based...
Virgin Australia mulls 'bulk order' for fleet
Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti says he would consider placing a shared order for either the Airbus A350 or Boeing 787...
Win a trip to Dallas on the Qantas A380
Congratulations to Georgina Tan, from Sydney – she and a friend will be flying to Dallas on the Qantas A380 as winne...
Earn 50,000 Qantas Points with Citibank
Citibank’s Citigold customers can earn 50,000 Qantas frequent flyer points by applying for the bank’s Qantas Signat...
Are Qantas, Virgin airfares set to rise?
With Qantas and Virgin Australia calling a halt to a capacity war which flooded the domestic market with extra flights and spar...
Qantas' $2.8 billion loss isn't that scary
OPINION | Two point eight billion dollars. The sheer size of Qantas’ reported loss is a number so large that it bears rep...
Jetstar to allow gate-to-gate gadgets
Passengers on Jetstar flights can use portable gadgets such as their phones, tablets and eReaders from gate to gate from the fi...
Virgin Australia records $355m loss
Virgin Australia reveals $355.6 million loss 49% of the loss attributed to restructuring and excess capacity Trans-Tasman b...
Virgin sells 35% stake in Velocity
Virgin Australia has sold just over one-third of its Velocity Frequent Flyer program in an attempt to turbocharge the sche...
Air China brings first class, 777 to SYD
Air China will introduce first class on its Sydney-Beijing flights over the peak Australian summer travel period. That’s...
Alan Joyce: the worst is over
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says that the airline's darkest days are now behind it, despite a shock paper loss of some $2.8 billion d...
Qantas splits domestic, international
Qantas is laying the groundwork to split its domestic and international arms, in order to enable what CEO Alan Joyce calls...
Jetstar loses $116m despite strong domestic
Qantas' low-cost sibling Jetstar has not escaped its share of the pain, with the Jetstar Group losing $116 million before ...
Qantas delays first B787 Dreamliners
Read: Qantas to buy Boeing 787, first flights from 2017 Qantas has pushed back the first five options of its 50-strong Boeing ...
Qantas Frequent Flyer 'not for sale'
Qantas has opted to hang onto its lucrative frequent flyer scheme as it attempts to ride out its current financial woes, w...